charge (tʃɑːdʒ
)
Definitions
verb
- to set or demand (a price) ⇒
he charges too much for his services
- (tr) to hold financially liable; enter a debit against
- (tr) to enter or record as an obligation against a person or his account
- (tr) to accuse or impute a fault to (a person, etc), as formally in a court of law
- (tr) to command; place a burden upon or assign responsibility to ⇒
I was charged to take the message to headquarters
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon (a person or thing)
- (tr) to fill (a receptacle) with the proper or appropriate quantity
- (often foll by up) to cause (an accumulator, capacitor, etc) to take or store electricity or (of an accumulator) to have electricity fed into it
- to fill or suffuse or to be filled or suffused with matter by dispersion, solution, or absorption ⇒
to charge water with carbon dioxide
- (tr) to fill or suffuse with feeling, emotion, etc ⇒
the atmosphere was charged with excitement
- (tr) law (of a judge) to address (a jury) authoritatively
- (tr) to load (a firearm)
- (tr) to aim (a weapon) in position ready for use
- (tr) heraldry to paint (a shield, banner, etc) with a charge
- (intr) (of hunting dogs) to lie down at command
noun
- a price charged for some article or service; cost
- a financial liability, such as a tax
- a debt or a book entry recording it
- an accusation or allegation, such as a formal accusation of a crime in law
- an onrush, attack, or assault
- the call to such an attack in battle
- custody or guardianship
- a person or thing committed to someone's care
- a cartridge or shell
- the explosive required to discharge a firearm or other weapon
- an amount of explosive material to be detonated at any one time
- the quantity of anything that a receptacle is intended to hold
- physics
- the attribute of matter by which it responds to electromagnetic forces responsible for all electrical phenomena, existing in two forms to which the signs negative and positive are arbitrarily assigned
- a similar property of a body or system determined by the extent to which it contains an excess or deficiency of electrons
- a quantity of electricity determined by the product of an electric current and the time for which it flows, measured in coulombs
- the total amount of electricity stored in a capacitor
- the total amount of electricity held in an accumulator, usually measured in ampere-hours
qQ
- a load or burden
- a duty or responsibility; control
- a command, injunction, or order
- slang a thrill
- law the address made by a judge to the jury at the conclusion of the evidence
- heraldry a design, device, or image depicted on heraldic arms ⇒
a charge of three lions
- the solid propellant used in rockets, sometimes including the inhibitor
- See in charge
- See in charge of
Word Origin
C13: from Old French chargier to load, from Late Latin carricāre; see carrySynonyms
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instruction,
order,
demand,
direction,
command,
dictate,
mandate,
canon,
injunction,
precept,
exhortation,
Translations
- British English:
charge
A charge is an amount of money that you have to pay for a service.We can arrange this for a small charge.tʃɑːdʒ NOUN We can arrange this for a small charge.
- Spanish:
cobro
nm
- French:
coût
nm
- German:
Gebühr
nf
- Chinese: 费用 n
- Arabic: رَسْم n
- Portuguese: tarifa nf
- Russian: цена nf
- Croatian: trošak nm
- Czech: sazba nf
- Danish: takst nutr
- Dutch: prijs n
- Finnish: maksu n
- Greek: χρέωση nf
- Italian: costo nm
- Japanese: 料金 n
- Korean: 요금 n
- Norwegian: avgift nm
- Polish: opłata nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: tarifa nf
- European Spanish:
cobro
nm
- Swedish: avgift nutr
- Thai: ค่าใช้จ่าย n
- Turkish: fiyat biçmek n
- Vietnamese: giá tiền n
- British English:
charge
A charge is a formal accusation that someone has committed a crime.He faces criminal charges.tʃɑːdʒ NOUN He faces criminal charges.
- Spanish:
cargo
nm
- French:
accusation
nf
- German:
Beschuldigung
nf
- Chinese: 指控 n
- Arabic: تُهْمَة n
- Portuguese: acusação nf
- Russian: обвинение nnt
- Croatian: navod nm
- Czech: obžaloba nf
- Danish: anklage nutr
- Dutch: telastlegging nf
- Finnish: syytös n
- Greek: κατηγορία nf
- Italian: accusa nf
- Japanese: 告訴 n
- Korean: 고발 n
- Norwegian: anklage nm
- Polish: oskarżenie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: acusação nf
- European Spanish:
cargo
nm
- Swedish: anklagelse nutr
- Thai: ข้อกล่าวหา n
- Turkish: suçlama n
- Vietnamese: tội bị cáo buộc n
- British English:
charge
An electrical charge is an amount of electricity that is held in or carried by something.tʃɑːdʒ NOUN
- Spanish:
carga
nf
- French:
charge
nf
- German:
Ladung
nf
- Chinese: 负荷 n
- Arabic: شَحْن n
- Portuguese: carga eléctrica nf
- Russian: заряд nm
- Croatian: napon nm
- Czech: náboj nm
- Danish: ladning nutr
- Dutch: lading nf
- Finnish: lataus n
- Greek: φόρτιση nf
- Italian: carico nm
- Japanese: 充電 n
- Korean: 전하 n
- Norwegian: ladning nm
- Polish: ładunek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: carga elétrica nf
- European Spanish:
carga
nf
- Swedish: laddning nutr
- Thai: ประจุไฟฟ้า n
- Turkish: şarj n
- Vietnamese: sự nạp điện n
- British English:
charge
If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something.The hospitals charge the patients for every aspirin. Some banks charge if you access your account to determine your balance.tʃɑːdʒ VERB The hospitals charge the patients for every aspirin. Some banks charge if you access your account to determine your balance.
- Spanish:
cobrar
v
- French:
facturer
v
- German:
berechnen
vt
- Chinese: 收费 vt
- Arabic: يَطْلُبُ ثَمَناً vt
- Portuguese: cobrar vt
- Russian: назначать vt
- Croatian: naplatiti v
- Czech: naúčtovat vt účtovat
- Danish: debitere v
- Dutch: in rekening brengen v
- Finnish: veloittaa v
- Greek: χρεώνω v
- Italian: fare pagare v
- Japanese: 請求する v
- Korean: ...에게 (대금을) 부과하다 vt
- Norwegian: forlange v
- Polish: pobrać opłatę v pobierać opłatę
- Brazilian Portuguese: cobrar vt
- European Spanish:
cobrar
v
- Swedish: debitera vt
- Thai: เรียกเก็บเงิน vt
- Turkish: fiyat biçmek vt
- Vietnamese: tính giá v
- British English:
charge
When the police charge someone, they formally accuse them of having done something illegal.Police have charged him with murder.tʃɑːdʒ VERB Police have charged him with murder.
- Spanish:
acusar
v
- French:
accuser
v
- German:
anklagen
vt
- Chinese: 指控 vt
- Arabic: يَتَّهِمُ vt
- Portuguese: acusar v
- Russian: обвинять vt
- Croatian: optužiti v
- Czech: obžalovat v
- Danish: anklage v
- Dutch: in staat van beschuldiging stellen v
- Finnish: syyttää v
- Greek: κατηγορώ v
- Italian: accusare v
- Japanese: 告訴する v
- Korean: 고발하다 v
- Norwegian: anklage v
- Polish: oskarżyć vt oskarżać
- Brazilian Portuguese: acusar v
- European Spanish:
acusar
v
- Swedish: anklaga v
- Thai: ฟ้องร้อง v
- Turkish: suçlamak v
- Vietnamese: buộc tội v
- British English:
charge
To charge a battery means to pass an electrical current through it to make it more powerful or to make it last longer.He forgot to charge the battery.tʃɑːdʒ VERB He forgot to charge the battery.
- Spanish:
cargar
v
- French:
charger
vt
- German:
aufladen
vt
- Chinese: 充电 vt
- Arabic: يَشْحَنُ vt
- Portuguese: carregar v
- Russian: заряжать v
- Croatian: napuniti v
- Czech: nabít v nabíjet
- Danish: oplade v
- Dutch: opladen vt
- Finnish: ladata v
- Greek: φορτίζω v
- Italian: caricare v
- Japanese: 充電する v
- Korean: 충전하다 v
- Norwegian: lade v
- Polish: naładować vt
- Brazilian Portuguese: carregar v
- European Spanish:
cargar
v
- Swedish: ladda v
- Thai: อัดไฟ v
- Turkish: şarj etmek v
- Vietnamese: nạp điện v