charge

Noun

• a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
  • this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
    

• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
  • the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
    

• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
  • the judge's charge to the jury
    

• request for payment of a debt
  • they submitted their charges at the end of each month
    

• 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
    

• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
  • Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
    

• financial liabilities (such as a tax)
  • the charges against the estate
    

• a person committed to your care
  • the teacher led her charges across the street
    

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group
  • a confidential mission to London
    
  • his charge was deliver a message
    

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety
  • he is in the care of a bodyguard
    

• 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
    

• the price charged for some article or service
  • the admission charge
    

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
  • he was arrested on a charge of larceny
    

• an impetuous rush toward someone or something
  • the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
    
  • the battle began with a cavalry charge
    

Verb

• saturate
  • The room was charged with tension and anxiety
    

• energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
  • I need to charge my car battery
    

• cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
  • charge a conductor
    

• set or ask for a certain price
  • How much do you charge for lunch?
    
  • This fellow charges $100 for a massage
    

• attribute responsibility to
  • We blamed the accident on her
    
  • The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
    

• instruct or command with authority
  • The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
    

• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
  • He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
    

• direct into a position for use
  • point a gun
    
  • He charged his weapon at me
    

• provide (a device) with something necessary
  • He loaded his gun carefully
    
  • load the camera
    

• place a heraldic bearing on
  • charge all weapons, shields, and banners
    

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
  • The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
    

• lie down on command, of hunting dogs

• 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?
    

• give over to another for care or safekeeping
  • consign your baggage
    

• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
  • After the second episode, she had to be committed
    
  • he was committed to prison
    

• enter a certain amount as a charge
  • he charged me $15
    

• fill or load to capacity
  • charge the wagon with hay
    

• make an accusatory claim
  • The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
    

• file a formal charge against
  • The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
    

• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
  • He was appointed deputy manager
    
  • She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
    

• move quickly and violently
  • The car tore down the street
    
  • He came charging into my office
    

• demand payment
  • Will I get charged for this service?
    
  • We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
    

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
  • he charged the director with indifference
    

• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
  • he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  burster , bursting charge , explosive charge , bearing , heraldic bearing , armorial bearing , accusation , commission , direction , billing , bang , boot , rush , flush , thrill , kick , cathexis , mission , care , tutelage , guardianship , electric charge , complaint , blame , saddle , burden , level , poi
• Antonyms: 
  calm , calm down , quiet , tranquilize , tranquillize , tranquillise , quieten , lull , still , pay cash , discharge