Word Information

Charge

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
  • Words with Friends

Definitions for Charge

noun
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
Examples
  1. the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
  2. the battle began with a cavalry charge
noun
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
Synonyms
complaint
Examples
  1. he was arrested on a charge of larceny
noun
the price charged for some article or service
Examples
  1. the admission charge
noun
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
Synonyms
electric charge
Examples
  1. the battery needed a fresh charge
noun
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
Synonyms
care tutelage guardianship
Examples
  1. he is in the care of a bodyguard
noun
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
Synonyms
mission commission
Examples
  1. a confidential mission to London
  2. his charge was deliver a message
noun
a person committed to your care
Examples
  1. the teacher led her charges across the street
noun
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
Examples
  1. the charges against the estate
noun
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
Synonyms
cathexis
Examples
  1. Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
noun
the swift release of a store of affective force
Synonyms
bang boot rush flush thrill kick
Examples
  1. they got a great bang out of it
  2. what a boot!
  3. he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
  4. he does it for kicks
noun
request for payment of a debt
Synonyms
billing
Examples
  1. they submitted their charges at the end of each month
noun
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Synonyms
commission direction
Examples
  1. the judge's charge to the jury
noun
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
Synonyms
accusation
Examples
  1. the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
noun
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Synonyms
bearing heraldic bearing armorial bearing
noun
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
Synonyms
burster bursting charge explosive charge
Examples
  1. this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
verb
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
Synonyms
bear down
Examples
  1. he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
verb
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
Synonyms
accuse
Examples
  1. he charged the director with indifference
verb
demand payment
Synonyms
bill
Examples
  1. Will I get charged for this service?
  2. We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
verb
move quickly and violently
Synonyms
tear shoot shoot down buck
Examples
  1. The car tore down the street
  2. He came charging into my office
verb
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
Synonyms
appoint
Examples
  1. He was appointed deputy manager
  2. She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
verb
file a formal charge against
Synonyms
lodge file
Examples
  1. The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
verb
make an accusatory claim
Examples
  1. The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
verb
fill or load to capacity
Examples
  1. charge the wagon with hay
verb
enter a certain amount as a charge
Examples
  1. he charged me $15
verb
cause to be admitted
Synonyms
commit institutionalize institutionalise send
Examples
  1. of persons to an institution
  2. After the second episode, she had to be committed
  3. he was committed to prison
verb
give over to another for care or safekeeping
Synonyms
consign
Examples
  1. consign your baggage
verb
pay with a credit card
Examples
  1. pay with plastic money
  2. postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
  3. Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
verb
lie down on command, of hunting dogs
verb
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Synonyms
agitate rouse turn on commove excite charge up
Examples
  1. The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
verb
place a heraldic bearing on
Examples
  1. charge all weapons, shields, and banners
verb
provide (a device) with something necessary
Synonyms
load
Examples
  1. He loaded his gun carefully
  2. load the camera
verb
direct into a position for use
Synonyms
level point
Examples
  1. point a gun
  2. He charged his weapon at me
verb
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Synonyms
saddle burden
Examples
  1. He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
verb
instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
verb
instruct or command with authority
Examples
  1. The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
verb
attribute responsibility to
Synonyms
blame
Examples
  1. We blamed the accident on her
  2. The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
verb
set or ask for a certain price
Examples
  1. How much do you charge for lunch?
  2. This fellow charges $100 for a massage
verb
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
Examples
  1. charge a conductor
verb
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
Examples
  1. I need to charge my car battery
verb
saturate
Examples
  1. The room was charged with tension and anxiety

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