CHARGE

Definition of CHARGE

  1. (verb)to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
  2. (verb)blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
  3. (verb)demand payment
  4. (verb)move quickly and violently
  5. (verb)assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
  6. (verb)file a formal charge against
  7. (verb)make an accusatory claim
  8. (verb)fill or load to capacity
  9. (verb)enter a certain amount as a charge
  10. (verb)cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
  11. (verb)give over to another for care or safekeeping
  12. (verb)pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
  13. (verb)lie down on command, of hunting dogs
  14. (verb)cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
  15. (verb)place a heraldic bearing on
  16. (verb)provide (a device) with something necessary
  17. (verb)direct into a position for use
  18. (verb)impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
  19. (verb)instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
  20. (verb)instruct or command with authority
  21. (verb)attribute responsibility to
  22. (verb)set or ask for a certain price
  23. (verb)cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
  24. (verb)energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
  25. (verb)saturate
  26. (noun)an impetuous rush toward someone or something
  27. (noun)(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
  28. (noun)the price charged for some article or service
  29. (noun)the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
  30. (noun)attention and management implying responsibility for safety
  31. (noun)a special assignment that is given to a person or group
  32. (noun)a person committed to your care
  33. (noun)financial liabilities (such as a tax)
  34. (noun)(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
  35. (noun)the swift release of a store of affective force
  36. (noun)request for payment of a debt
  37. (noun)a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
  38. (noun)an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
  39. (noun)heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
  40. (noun)a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time