charge
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English chargen, from Old French charger, from Medieval Latin carricare (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car.
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[edit] Noun
charge (plural charges)
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- The child was in the nanny's charge.
- 1848 April 24, John K. Kane, opinion, United States v. Hutchison, as reported in The Pennsylvania law Journal, June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 [1]:
- He had the key of a closet in which the moneys of this fund were kept, but the outer key of the vault, of which the closet formed part, was in the charge of another person.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- The child was a charge of the nanny.
- A load or burden; cargo.
- The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- A charge of 5 dollars.
- An instruction.
- I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
- (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
- Pickett died leading his famous charge.
- An accusation.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 261a.
- we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge;
- That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 261a.
- An electric charge.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- A forceful forward movement.
- 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, BBC:
- Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal
- 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, BBC:
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Terms derived from charge (noun)
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responsibility
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someone or something entrusted to one's care
load or burden
amount of money levied for a service
instruction
impetuous attack
accusation
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electric charge
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basketball: offensive foul
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measured amount of powder and/or shot
[edit] Verb
charge (third-person singular simple present charges, present participle charging, simple past and past participle charged)
- (transitive) To place a burden upon.
- (transitive) To assign a duty to.
- I'm charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.
- (transitive) To formally accuse of a crime.
- I'm charging you with grand theft auto.
- (transitive) To require payment (for goods, services, etc.) of.
- Will I get charged for this service?
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- Let's charge this to marketing.
- (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- Can I charge my Amazon purchase to Paypal?
- Can I charge this purchase?
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
- (transitive) To add energy to (a battery).
- He charged the battery overnight.
- (transitive) To add energy to a battery within.
- Don't forget to charge the drill.
- (intransitive, of a battery) To gain energy.
- The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet.
- (intransitive, of a device containing a battery) To have a battery within gain energy.
- His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- Charge your weapons, we're moving up
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terms derived from charge (verb)
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[edit] Translations
to place a burden upon
to assign a duty to
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to formally accuse of a crime
to assign a debt
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to pay on account
to cause to take on an electric charge
to move forward forcefully
military: to attack by moving forward quickly
to take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball
to load equipment with material required for its use
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[edit] Statistics
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Most common English words before 1923: office · government · particular · #602: charge · church · paper · object
[edit] External links
- charge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- charge in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From charger.
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[edit] Noun
charge f. (plural charges)
- load, burden
- cargo, freight
- responsibility, charge
- (law) charge
- (military) charge
- (in the plural) costs, expenses
[edit] Verb form
charge
- first-, third-person singular indicative present of charger
- first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of charger
- second-person singular imperative of charger
