charge
charge - noun
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
the price charged for some article or service
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
a person committed to your care
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
the swift release of a store of affective force
request for payment of a debt
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
charge - verb
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- demand payment
- move quickly and violently
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- file a formal charge against
- make an accusatory claim
- fill or load to capacity
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- direct into a position for use
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- instruct or command with authority
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- saturate
charge - thesaurus
accusation
accuse
agitate
appoint
bang
bearing
bill
billing
blame
boot
buck
burden
burster
care
cathexis
commission
commit
commove
complaint
consign
direction
excite
file
flush
guardianship
institutionalise
institutionalize
kick
level
load
lodge
mission
point
rouse
rush
saddle
send
shoot
tear
thrill
tutelage