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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024charge /tʃɑrdʒ/USA pronunciation v., charged, charg•ing, n. v. - to ask (money) for payment: [no object]Does the hotel charge for television?[~ + object (+ for + object)]The hotel charges ten dollars extra a night for television.
- to ask a price or fee of (someone): [~ + object (+ for)]Did the hotel charge you for the cable television?[ ~ + obj + obj]:They charged us money for using the cable TV.
- [~ + object] to make a record of (a purchase) so that it can be paid for at some future time: He charged the coat on his credit card.
- [~ + object] to attack;
rush forward against:The cavalry charged the enemy. - [no object] to rush suddenly or violently:They charged up the hill after her.
- [~ + object + with + object] to accuse formally or in law: They charged her with theft.
- to command or give an order or instruction to: [~ + object + with + object]The vice-president charged his assistant with management of the budget.[~ + object + to + verb]The judge charged the jury to ignore the testimony.
- [~ + object] to fill or refill so as to make ready for use: to charge a musket.
- Electricity[~ + object] to put electrical energy into: They charged the dead battery and started the car.
- to fill, as with emotion;
create a feeling in:[~ + object* usually: be + ~-ed + with + object]The air was charged with excitement. n. - [countable] a fee or price asked or imposed: a charge of six dollars for admission.
- expense or cost:[uncountable]We'll repair the damage at no charge.
- an attack, as of soldiers;
onrush:[countable]the Charge of the Light Brigade. - someone or something given to one's care:[countable]The young thieves were Fagin's charges.
- a command or instruction:[countable]The judge issued a charge to the jury not to talk about the case.
- [countable] an accusation: The state dropped the main charge of theft.
- [countable] a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
- Electricity[countable]
- an amount of electricity put into a battery;
electric charge.
- Slang Terms[Informal.]a thrill that causes pleasure or laughter;
kick:[countable* usually singular]I got quite a charge out of watching her. Idioms- Idioms in charge, in command;
having the care or responsibility: Who's in charge here? - Idioms take charge, [~ + of + object] to assume control or responsibility:expected her to take charge of the situation.
char•gé /ʃɑrˈʒeɪ, ˈʃɑrʒeɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -gés /-ˈʒeɪz; -ʒeɪz/.USA pronunciation - Governmenta chargé d'affaires.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024charge (chärj),USA pronunciation v., charged, charg•ing, n. v.t. - to impose or ask as a price or fee:That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- to impose on or ask of (someone) a price or fee:He didn't charge me for it.
- to defer payment for (a purchase) until a bill is rendered by the creditor:The store let me charge the coat.
- Businessto hold liable for payment;
enter a debit against. - to attack by rushing violently against:The cavalry charged the enemy.
- to accuse formally or explicitly (usually fol. by with):They charged him with theft.
- to impute;
ascribe the responsibility for:He charged the accident to his own carelessness. - Lawto instruct authoritatively, as a judge does a jury.
- to lay a command or injunction upon:He charged his secretary with the management of his correspondence.
- to fill or furnish (a thing) with the quantity, as of powder or fuel, that it is fitted to receive:to charge a musket.
- Electricityto supply with a quantity of electric charge or electrical energy:to charge a storage battery.
- Electricityto change the net amount of positive or negative electric charge of (a particle, body, or system).
- to suffuse, as with emotion:The air was charged with excitement.
- to fill (air, water, etc.) with other matter in a state of diffusion or solution:The air was charged with pollen.
- Metallurgyto load (materials) into a furnace, converter, etc.
- to load or burden (the mind, heart, etc.):His mind was charged with weighty matters.
- to put a load or burden on or in.
- Library Scienceto record the loan of, as books or other materials from a library (often fol. by out):The librarian will charge those books at the front desk.
- Library Scienceto borrow, as books or other materials from a library (often fol. by out):How many magazines may I charge at one time?
- Heraldryto place charges on (an escutcheon).
v.i. - to make an onset;
rush, as to an attack. - to place the price of a thing to one's debit.
- to require payment:to charge for a service.
- Businessto make a debit, as in an account.
- (of dogs) to lie down at command.
- charge off:
- Businessto write off as an expense or loss.
- to attribute to:I charged off the blunder to inexperience.
- charge up, [Informal.]
- to agitate, stimulate, or excite:a fiery speaker who can charge up an audience.
- to put or be under the influence of narcotic drugs.
n. - expense or cost:improvements made at a tenant's own charge.
- a fee or price charged:a charge of three dollars for admission.
- Businessa pecuniary burden, encumbrance, tax, or lien;
cost; expense; liability to pay:After his death there were many charges on his estate. - Businessan entry in an account of something due.
- an impetuous onset or attack, as of soldiers.
- Militarya signal by bugle, drum, etc., for a military charge.
- a duty or responsibility laid upon or entrusted to one.
- care, custody, or superintendence:The child was placed in her nurse's charge.
- anything or anybody committed to one's care or management:The nurse was careful to let no harm come to her charge.
- Religion[Eccles.]a parish or congregation committed to the spiritual care of a pastor.
- a command or injunction;
exhortation. - an accusation:He was arrested on a charge of theft.
- Lawan address by a judge to a jury at the close of a trial, instructing it as to the legal points, the weight of evidence, etc., affecting the verdict in the case.
- Metallurgythe quantity of anything that an apparatus is fitted to hold, or holds, at one time:a charge of coal for a furnace.
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
- Electricity
- See electric charge.
- the process of charging a storage battery.
- Slang Termsa thrill;
kick. - Rocketrygrains of a solid propellant, usually including an inhibitor.
- a load or burden.
- Heraldryany distinctive mark upon an escutcheon, as an ordinary or device, not considered as belonging to the field;
bearing. - Idioms in charge:
- in command;
having supervisory power. - British Termsunder arrest;
in or into the custody of the police.
- Idioms in charge of:
- having the care or supervision of:She is in charge of two libraries.
- IdiomsAlso, in the charge of. under the care or supervision of:The books are in the charge of the accounting office.
- Anglo-French, Old French, noun, nominal derivative of the verb, verbal
- Late Latin carricāre to load a wagon, equivalent. to carr(us) wagon (see car1) + -icā- verb, verbal suffix. + -re infinitive ending; (noun, nominal) Middle English
- Anglo-French, Old French charg(i)er
- 1175–1225; 1950–55 for def. 41; (verb, verbal) Middle English chargen
charge′less, adj. - 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assault.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged indict, arraign, impeach.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enjoin, exhort, urge, bid, require, order.
- 29.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See price.
- 32.See corresponding entry in Unabridged onslaught, assault.
- 34.See corresponding entry in Unabridged commission, trust.
- 35.See corresponding entry in Unabridged management.
- 39.See corresponding entry in Unabridged indictment, imputation, allegation.
- 46.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cargo, freight.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged acquit, absolve.
char•gé (shär zhā′, shär′zhā; Fr. shar zhā′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gés (-zhāz′; -zhāz; Fr. -zhā′).USA pronunciation - a chargé d'affaires.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024charge-off (chärj′ôf′, -of′),USA pronunciation n. - Bankinga writeoff, esp. of a bad loan by a bank.
Also, charge′off′. |