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charge

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The amount of money levied for a service.
"There will be a charge of five dollars."
A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
"Pickett did not die leading his famous charge."
A forceful forward movement.
An accusation.
"That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust."
An electric charge.
The scope of someone's responsibility.
"The child was in the nanny's charge."
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
"The child was a charge of the nanny."
A load or burden; cargo.
"The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings."
An instruction.
"I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month."
An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
An image displayed on an escutcheon.
A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
"to bring a weapon to the charge"
A sort of plaster or ointment.
Weight; import; value.
A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.

Synonyms:count

To assign a duty or responsibility to
To assign (a debit) to an account
"Let's charge this to marketing."
To pay on account, as by using a credit card
"Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?"
To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.)
"I won't charge you for the wheat"
(possibly archaic) to sell at a given price.
"to charge coal at $5 per unit"
To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
"I'm charging you with assault and battery."
To impute or ascribe
To call to account; to challenge
To place a burden or load on or in
To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials
"Charge your weapons; we're moving up."
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback
(of a hunting dog) to lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog)