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charge

(/tS//A/r/dZ/ )

noun (n)

an impetuous rush toward someone or something(noun.act)

Example:
The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary.
The battle began with a cavalry charge.

source: wordnet30
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense(noun.communication)

Example:
He was arrested on a charge of larceny.

Synonym:
complaint

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the price charged for some article or service(noun.possession)

Example:
The admission charge.

source: wordnet30
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons(noun.phenomenon)

Example:
The battery needed a fresh charge.

Synonym:
electric charge

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attention and management implying responsibility for safety(noun.act)

Synonym:
care, guardianship, tutelage

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a special assignment that is given to a person or group(noun.act)

Example:
His charge was deliver a message.

Synonym:
commission, mission

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a person committed to your care(noun.person)

Example:
The teacher led her charges across the street.

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financial liabilities (such as a tax)(noun.possession)

Example:
The charges against the estate.

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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object(noun.motive)

Example:
Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.

Synonym:
cathexis

source: wordnet30
the swift release of a store of affective force(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
bang, boot, flush, kick, rush, thrill

source: wordnet30
request for payment of a debt(noun.communication)

Example:
They submitted their charges at the end of each month.

Synonym:
billing

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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something(noun.communication)

Example:
The judge's charge to the jury.

Synonym:
commission, direction

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an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence(noun.communication)

Example:
The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving.

Synonym:
accusation

source: wordnet30
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
armorial bearing, bearing, heraldic bearing

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a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time(noun.artifact)

Example:
This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains.

Synonym:
burster, bursting charge, explosive charge

source: wordnet30
A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle(verb.competition)

Synonym:
bear down

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blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against(verb.communication)

Example:
He charged the director with indifference.

Synonym:
accuse

source: wordnet30
demand payment(verb.possession)

Example:
Will I get charged for this service?.

Synonym:
bill

source: wordnet30
move quickly and violently(verb.motion)

Synonym:
buck, shoot, shoot down, tear

source: wordnet30
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to(verb.social)

Example:
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance.

Synonym:
appoint

source: wordnet30
file a formal charge against(verb.communication)

Example:
The suspect was charged with murdering his wife.

Synonym:
file, lodge

source: wordnet30
make an accusatory claim(verb.communication)

Example:
The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased.

source: wordnet30
fill or load to capacity(verb.contact)

Example:
Charge the wagon with hay.

Antonym:
discharge

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enter a certain amount as a charge(verb.possession)

Example:
He charged me $15.

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cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution(verb.possession)

Synonym:
commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send

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give over to another for care or safekeeping(verb.possession)

Synonym:
consign

source: wordnet30
pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt(verb.possession)

Example:
Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?.

Antonym:
pay cash

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lie down on command, of hunting dogs(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused(verb.emotion)

Example:
The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks.

Synonym:
agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
Antonym:
calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize

source: wordnet30
place a heraldic bearing on(verb.creation)

Example:
Charge all weapons, shields, and banners.

source: wordnet30
provide (a device) with something necessary(verb.contact)

Synonym:
load

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direct into a position for use(verb.competition)

Example:
He charged his weapon at me.

Synonym:
level, point

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impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to(verb.communication)

Example:
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend.

Synonym:
burden, saddle

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instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
instruct or command with authority(verb.communication)

Example:
The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem.

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attribute responsibility to(verb.cognition)

Example:
The tragedy was charged to her inexperience.

Synonym:
blame

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set or ask for a certain price(verb.cognition)

Example:
How much do you charge for lunch?.
This fellow charges $100 for a massage.

source: wordnet30
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on(verb.change)

Example:
Charge a conductor.

source: wordnet30
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge(verb.change)

Example:
I need to charge my car battery.

source: wordnet30
saturate(verb.change)

Example:
The room was charged with tension and anxiety.

source: wordnet30
To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.(verb)

source: webster1913

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