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Meaning
Noun
●
The amount of money
levied
for a service.
●
In Military & People:
A
ground
attack
against a
prepared
enemy.
●
A
forceful
forward movement.
●
An accusation.
An
official
description
(by the
police
or a
court
) of a
crime
that somebody may be
guilty
of.
An
accusation
by a person or organization.
●
In Chemistry, Electromagnetism & Physical quantities:
An
electric
charge.
●
The
scope
of
someone's
responsibility.
●
In People:
Someone
or something
entrusted
to
one's
care, such as a
child
to a
babysitter
or
a student
to a teacher.
●
A
load
or
burden
; cargo.
●
An instruction.
●
In Basketball:
An
offensive foul
in which the
player
with the
ball
moves
into a
stationary
defender.
●
In Firearms:
A
measured
amount of
powder
and/or
shot
in a cartridge.
●
A
measured
amount of explosive.
●
In Heraldry:
An
image
displayed
on an escutcheon.
●
In Weapons & Explosives:
A
position
(of a
weapon
)
fitted
for attack.
●
In Farriery:
A
sort of
plaster
or ointment.
●
Weight;
import
; value.
●
A
measure
of
thirty-six
pig
s of lead, each
pig
weighing
about
seventy
pounds
; a charre.
●
An
address
given at a
church service
concluding
a visitation.
●
In Explosives:
Cannabis.
Verb
●
To
assign
a
duty
or
responsibility
to.
●
To
assign
(a
debit
) to an account.
●
To
pay
on account
, as by using a
credit
card.
●
To
require
payment
(of) (a price or
fee
, for
goods
, services, etc.).
●
To
sell
at a given price.
●
In Law:
To
formally
accuse
(a person) of a crime.
●
To
impute
or ascribe.
●
To
call to account
; to challenge.
●
To place a
burden
,
load
or
responsibility
on or in.
To
ornament
with or cause to bear.
●
In Heraldry:
To place a
burden
,
load
or
responsibility
on or in.
To
assume
as a bearing.
To
add
to or
represent
on.
●
To
load
equipment
with
material
required for its use, as a
firearm
with
powder
, a
fire hose
with water, a
chemical reactor
with
raw
material
s.
To cause to
take on
an
electric
charge.
To
replenish
energy to (
a battery
, or a
device
containing
a battery
) by use of an
electrical
device
plugged into
a power outlet.
To
replenish
energy.
●
In Military:
To
move forward
quickly
and
forcefully
,
particularly
in
combat
and/or
on horseback.
To
attack
by
moving forward
quickly
in a group.
●
In Basketball:
To
move forward
quickly
and
forcefully
,
particularly
in
combat
and/or
on horseback.
To
commit
a
charging
foul.
●
In Cricket:
To
move forward
quickly
and
forcefully
,
particularly
in
combat
and/or
on horseback.
To take
a few
steps
down the
pitch
towards the
bowler
as they
deliver
the
ball
, either to
disrupt
the
length
of the
deliver
y, or to
get into
a better
position
to
hit
the
ball
.
●
To
move forward
quickly
and
forcefully
,
particularly
in
combat
and/or
on horseback.
●
To
lie
on the
belly
and be still. (A
command
given by a
hunter
to a dog)
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
charge
English
chargen
Middle English (1100-1500)
chargier
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
carricare
Latin
carrus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Count
Load
Complaint
Denounce
Allegation
Assertion
Accusation
Indict
Thrust
Attack
Commitment
Expenditure
Expense
Related
Pay
Cost
Fee
Arrest
Reimburse
Payment
Refund
Penalty
Deposit
Order
Sell
Bill
Earn
Price
Purchase
Offer
Incur
Hire
Claim
Tax
Levy
Supply
Borrow
Buy
Request
Rent
Jail
Battery
Deduct
Fees
Receive
Spend
Electron
Prosecute
Liability
Repay
Voltage
Convict
Power
Amount
Transaction
Afford
Force
Paying
Cover
Duty
Violation
Current
Capacitance
Demand
Commission
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Rhymes
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Barge
Parge
Charge
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