à charge

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a ʃaʁʒ/
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Adjective[edit]

à charge (invariable)

  1. (law) incriminating, inculpatory
    Antonym: à décharge
    témoin à chargewitness for the prosecution
    élément à chargeincriminating evidence
  2. (law) dependent (for whom one is responsible, especially financially)
    personne à chargedependant (UK), dependent (US)
    enfant à chargechild to support
    avoir des enfants à chargeto have dependent children

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