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say it: chahrj
charge is a verb and noun meaning "to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle". It is pronounced /ˈtʃɑɹdʒ/ — chahrj. It carries 40 recorded senses.
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
“After the second episode, she had to be committed”
“he was committed to prison”
lie down on command, of hunting dogs
instruct or command with authority
“The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem”
set or ask for a certain price
“How much do you charge for lunch?”
“This fellow charges $100 for a massage”
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
“the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary”
“the battle began with a cavalry charge”
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
“he was arrested on a charge of larceny”
criminal law
the price charged for some article or service
“the admission charge”
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”
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
“he is in the care of a bodyguard”
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
“a confidential mission to London”
“his charge was deliver a message”
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
“the charges against the estate”
tax
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
“Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge”
psychoanalysis
request for payment of a debt
“they submitted their charges at the end of each month”
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
“the judge's charge to the jury”
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
“the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving”
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
“this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for charge come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.