charge

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb form 2.3.1 Related terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈʧɑɹʤ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈʧɑːʤ/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dʒ

[edit] Noun

charge (plural charges)

1. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, i.e. a child to a babysitter.
2. A load or burden.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 261a.

     we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge;

3. The amount of money levied for a service.
4. An instruction.
5. An impetuous attack.
6. An electric charge.
7. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
8. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
9. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon

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[edit] Verb

to charge (third-person singular simple present charges, present participle charging, simple past and past participle charged)

1. To place a burden upon.
2. To assign a duty to.

   I'm charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.

3. To formally accuse of a crime.

   I'm charging you with grand theft auto.

4. To assign a debit to an account.

   Let's charge this to marketing.

5. To pay using a credit card.

   Can I charge this with my corporate card?

6. To cause to take on an electric charge.

   Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.

7. To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
8. (military) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
9. (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
10. (cricket) (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen 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.
11. To ready a firearm for use

    Charge your weapons, we're moving up

12. (firefighting, transitive) To run water through (a line) so it sprays.

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[edit] Related terms

• cargo
• charge down
• charge up
• discharge
• in charge
• negative charge
• positive charge
• recharge

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʃaʁʒ/
• SAMPA: /SaRZ/

[edit] Noun

charge f.

1. load, charge

[edit] Verb form

charge

1. first-, third-person singular indicative present of charger
2. first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of charger
3. second-person singular imperative of charger

[edit] Related terms

• chargement
• charger