charge meaning and definition

CHARGE noun

Definition of charge (noun)

1. an impetuous rush toward someone or something
   • "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
2. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
   • "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
   • synonyms: complaint
3. the price charged for some article or service
   • "the admission charge"
4. the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
   • "the battery needed a fresh charge"
   • synonyms: electric charge
5. attention and management implying responsibility for safety
   • "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
   • synonyms: care, guardianship, tutelage
6. a special assignment that is given to a person or group
   • "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
   • synonyms: commission, mission
7. a person committed to your care
   • "the teacher led her charges across the street"
8. financial liabilities (such as a tax)
   • "the charges against the estate"
9. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
   • "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
   • synonyms: cathexis
10. the swift release of a store of affective force
    • "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
    • synonyms: bang, boot, flush, kick, rush, thrill
11. request for payment of a debt
    • "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
    • synonyms: billing
12. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
    • "the judge's charge to the jury"
    • synonyms: commission, direction
13. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
    • "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
    • synonyms: accusation
14. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
    • synonyms: armorial bearing, bearing, heraldic bearing
15. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
    • "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
    • synonyms: burster, bursting charge, explosive charge

CHARGE verb

Definition of charge (verb)

1. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
   • "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
   • synonyms: bear down
2. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
   • "he charged the director with indifference"
   • synonyms: accuse
3. demand payment
   • "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
   • synonyms: bill
4. move quickly and violently
   • "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
   • synonyms: buck, shoot, shoot down, tear
5. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
   • "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
   • synonyms: appoint
6. file a formal charge against
   • "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
   • synonyms: file, lodge
7. make an accusatory claim
   • "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
8. fill or load to capacity
   • "charge the wagon with hay"
   • antonym: discharge
9. enter a certain amount as a charge
   • "he charged me $15"
10. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
    • "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
    • synonyms: commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send
11. give over to another for care or safekeeping
    • "consign your baggage"
    • synonyms: consign
12. pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
    • "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"
    • antonym: pay cash
13. lie down on command, of hunting dogs
14. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
    • "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
    • synonyms: agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
    • antonym: calm
15. place a heraldic bearing on
    • "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
16. provide (a device) with something necessary
    • "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
    • synonyms: load
17. direct into a position for use
    • "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
    • synonyms: level, point
18. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
    • "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
    • synonyms: burden, saddle
19. instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
20. instruct or command with authority
    • "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
21. attribute responsibility to
    • "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
    • synonyms: blame
22. set or ask for a certain price
    • "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
23. cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
    • "charge a conductor"
24. energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
    • "I need to charge my car battery"
25. saturate
    • "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"