Charge

Noun

 * 1) responsibility.
 * 2) Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
 * 3) A load or burden; cargo.
 * 4) The amount of money levied for a service.
 * 5) An instruction.
 * 6)  A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
 * 7) An accusation.
 * 8) An electric charge.
 * 9)  An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
 * 10) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
 * 11)  An image displayed on an escutcheon.
 * 12) A forceful forward movement

Verb

 * 1) To place a burden upon.
 * 2) To assign a duty to.
 * 3) To formally accuse of a crime.
 * 4) To require payment (for goods, services, etc.)
 * 5) To assign a debit to an account.
 * 6) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
 * 7) To cause to take on an electric charge.
 * 8) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
 * 9)  To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
 * 10)  To commit a charging foul.
 * 11)  (of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
 * 12) 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.

Adjectives for Charge
doubtful; inevitable; trying.
 * (general) false; bayonet; untrue; competent; reiterated;  swift;   avaricious;   substantiated; needy; specific; piebald; unlucky; excessive; gallant; ridiculous; unexpected; baleful; sensational; grievous; galloping; calumnious; tremendous; insulting; bloody; injudicious; precious; ignoble; generous; emotional; nominal; desperate; undiscriminating exorbitant; modest; moderate; blasphemous extortionate; spectacular; cruel; swift; impetuous; unburned; roaring; disgraceful fluctuating; sole; typical; scrupulous; disputed; express; insurance; fair; immediate humiliating; frivolous; warlike; motherly boisterous; monstrous; quoted; atrocious warehousing; bitter; additional; preposterous; ungrateful; unmerited; unnecessary; serious; mighty; cynical; horrible; defamatory; grotesque; homicide; criminal; dissenting; formal; groundless; trivial; indirect; swaggering; startling; accusing.
 * (accusation) absurd; civil; criminal; false; lying; specific; preposterous; unfounded; unjust; unsupported; unwarranted; substantial.
 * (duty, trust) burdensome; entrusted; costly; difficult;
 * (rush) driving; furious; concerted; blind; head-long; fruitless; onslaughting.

Verbs for Charge

 * (accusation) advance—; answer—; brand with—; brush aside—; conclude—; convey—; couch—; deny—; drone—s; fire—at; frame—against; incur—; justify—; lessen—s; level — at; lodge—s against; motivate—; prefer— against; protest—; squash—s;  refute.
 * (duty, trust) assign—; commit to—of; comprehend—; ease—; execute—; fail in—; fulfill—; im¬pose—upon; obey—; perform—; release from—; resign—; shirk—; tend—.
 * (rush) ambush—; block—; command—; cut down in—; dodge—; hasten to—; hinder—; lead—; precipitate—; rush to—; succumb to—; —conquers; —overcomes; —overwhelms; —succeeds; —surges; —surprises.

Adverbs for Charge

 * (rush) temporarily; strictly; bluntly; excessively; falsely; reiteratedly; specifically; ridiculously; unexpectedly; sensationally; calumnious-ly; injudiciously; ignobly;  exorbitantly; spectacularly; unscrupulously; bitterly; humiliatingly; unmeritedly; criminally; accusingly; groundlessly; startlingly; indirectly.

Thesaurus
accountability, accounting for, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accredit, accusal, accusation, accuse, accusing, achievement, action, activate, adjure, administration, admission, admission fee, admonish, advowson, afflict, agency, agentship, aggravated assault, aggression, alerion, allegation, allege, allegement, allegiance, amount, amount due, amperage, amphibious attack, amplify, anchorage, animal charge, annulet, answerability, anticathexis, application, argent, armed assault, armipotence, armorial bearings, armory, arms, arraign, arraignment, arrogation, article, ascription, ask, assail, assailing, assailment, assault, assert, assess, assessment, assign, assignation, assigned task, assignment, attachment, attack, attribute, attribution, auspices, authority, authorization, authorize, azure, bad debts, bail, bale, bandeau, bang, banzai attack, bar, bar sinister, baton, bear hard upon, bearings, beef, behest, bellyful, bend, bend sinister, benefice, bid, bidding, bill, bill of particulars, billet, bills, black power, blame, blast, blazon, blazonry, blitz, blitzkrieg, boil, bolt, book, boot, bordure, borrowing, bossing, bounden duty, breakthrough, brevet, brim, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, bringing of charges, bringing to book, broad arrow, brokerage, brute force, budget, budget items, bumper, burden, burden of expenditure, burden with, burdening, burthen, business, busywork, buy on credit, cadency mark, call of duty, call on, call the signals, call upon, canton, capacity, care, care of souls, carfare, cargo, carload, carrying charge, cartload, cathectic energy, cathexis, caution, cellarage, censure, chaplet, chare, charge for, charges, charging, charisma, charter, chase, chevron, chief, chits, chock, choke, chore, cite, claim, client, clog, clout, coat of arms, cock, cockatrice, cogence, cogency, command, commission, commissioning, commit, commitment, committal, complain, complaint, complement, compulsion, concern, conduct, congest, connection with, consign, consignment, contaminate, control, coronet, cost, cost of living, cost-of-living allowance, cost-of-living index, costs, count, counterattack, countercathexis, counteroffensive, coup de main, cover charge, cram, credit, crescent, crest, criminate, crippling attack, cross, cross moline, crowd, crown, crush, cumber, cumbrance, curacy, cure, custodianship, custody, damage, dash, dash at, dead set at, deadweight, debit, debt, declare, decree, dedication, deference, delation, delegate, delegated authority, delegation, demand, denounce, denouncement, denunciate, denunciation, dependent, deputation, depute, deputize, derivation from, descent on, desire concentration, detach, detail, detonate, device, devoir, devolute, devolution, devolve, devolve upon, devolvement, devotion, dictate, difference, differencing, difficulty, dint, direct, direct costs, direction, disadvantage, disbursals, discharge, distributed costs, diversion, diversionary attack, dockage, drag, drive, drop, due, dues, duress, duties and responsibilities, duty, eagle, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, eject, electric charge, electrify, embarrassment, embassy, empower, empowerment, encourage, encumber, encumbrance, energize, energy, energy charge, enjoin, entrance fee, entrust, entrusting, entrustment, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, errand, escutcheon, ethics, etiology, exact, exaction, exactment, executorship, exequatur, exercise, exhaust, exhort, exhortation, expect, expenditure, expense, expense account, expenses, expostulate, eye, factorship, falcon, fare, fasten on, fasten upon, fealty, fee, fell, fess, fess point, field, figure, file, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, financial commitment, finger, fire, fire off, fish to fry, flanch, flank attack, fleur-de-lis, fling, floating debt, flower power, flush, fly at, foray, force, force majeure, forcefulness, freight, freight with, fret, frontal attack, fuel, full blast, full force, full house, full measure, full power, funded debt, fur, fusil, galvanize, garland, gas attack, general expenses, generate, get up steam, give an order, give in charge, give the word, glebe, go on tick, governance, government, griffin, guardianship, guarding, guidance, gules, gun, gun for, gyron, hamper, handicap, handling, hands, hang something on, hatchment, head-on attack, heap, helmet, heraldic device, hire, hit, hold, homage, homework, honor, honor point, hypercathexis, imbue, impalement, impaling, impeach, impeachment, impediment, impedimenta, imperative, implication, imply, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposition, impregnate, impugn, imputation, impute, incite, inconvenience, incriminate, incubus, inculpate, incumbency, indebtedness, indebtment, indict, indictment, indirect costs, induce, inescutcheon, infect, infiltration, inflict on, inflict upon, influence, inform against, inform on, information, injunction, innuendo, insinuate, insinuation, instruct, instruction, intendance, interpenetrate, invoice, irradiate, issue a command, issue a writ, jam, jam up, jam-pack, jet propulsion, job, job of work, jollies, jump off, jurisdiction, keep, keeping, kick, label, labor, labor costs, lade, lading, lash, lawsuit, lay, lay charges, lay on, laying of charges, legation, let fly, let off, levy, liabilities, liability, license, license fee, lieutenancy, lift, lightning attack, lightning war, line of duty, lion, liquid oxygen, live wire, living, load, loading, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, loop in, loyalty, lozenge, lumber, main force, main strength, make dutiable, make-work, mana, management, mandate, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, mass attack, material costs, matters in hand, maturity, megadeath, metal, might, might and main, mightiness, millstone, ministry, mission, motto, mouthful, move, moxie, mugging, mullet, muscle power, must, name, national debt, need, nombril point, obligation, octofoil, odd job, offense, offensive, office, onset, onslaught, onus, operating costs, operating expense, oppress, oppression, or, ordain, order, order about, ordinary, orle, ought, outstanding debt, overburden, overcharge, overfill, overhead, overkill, overload, oversight, overtax, overtaxing, overweight, overweighting, pack, pad, palaetiology, pale, paly, panzer warfare, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, payload, pean, pelt, penalty, penetrate, pensionary, pensioner, pepper, percolate, permeate, persuade, pervade, pheon, pick off, piece of work, pile, pilotage, pin on, pistol, pizzazz, place, placement, plaint, pledge, plenipotentiary power, plug, plug in, poison, poop, portage, post, pot, potence, potency, potentiality, potshoot, potshot, power, power of attorney, power pack, power structure, power struggle, power to act, powerfulness, preach, precept, prefer charges, prelacy, prepotency, prescript, prescription, presentment, press charges, press hard upon, pressure, preventive custody, price, price tag, prime, prime cost, pro rata, proclaim, procuration, productiveness, productivity, project, prompt, promulgate, pronounce, propellant, propulsion charge, prorate, prosecution, protection, protective custody, protectorship, protege, proxy, public charge, public debt, puissance, pull, punch, purpure, purview, push, put, put down, put on, put on report, put upon, quarter, quartering, quiver, race, radiumize, raid, ram in, rate, reaction propulsion, receive credit, rectory, refer, reference to, regency, regentship, remonstrate, replacement cost, report, reprehend, reproach, request, require, respect, responsibility, rest hard upon, riddle, right, rocket propulsion, rose, rule, run against, run at, running, rush, rush at, rush of emotion, sable, saddle, saddle with, saddling, safe hands, safekeeping, sally, saltire, salvage, satiate, saturate, say the word, score, scot, scot and lot, scutcheon, self-imposed duty, send out, sensation, service, set, shield, shipload, shiver, shock, shock tactics, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, short, short-circuit, shot, shudder, sinew, snipe, snootful, solicit, sortie, spread eagle, steam, steam up, step down, step up, stewardship, stick for, stiffen, stint, storage, storm, strength, strike, strong arm, stuff, subject to, subordinary, suffuse, suit, supercharge, superincumbency, superintendence, superintendency, superiority, superpower, supervision, surcharge, surfeit, surge of emotion, surveillance, swindle sheet, switch off, switch on, tab, take a potshot, take credit, take to task, tariff, task, taunt with, tax, taxing, teaching, tear, tell, tenne, things to do, thrill, thrust, tilt at, tincture, tingle, tingling, tithe, titillation, toll, top off, torpedo, torse, towage, trailerload, trainload, transfer, transfuse, tremor, tremor of excitement, tressure, trouble, truckload, true bill, trust, trusteeship, turn off, turn on, tutelage, twit, uncollectibles, unfulfilled pledge, unicorn, unit cost, unit quantity, unprovoked assault, unspoken accusation, urge, vair, validity, vanload, vehemence, veiled accusation, vert, vicarage, vicarious authority, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wad, ward, wardenship, wardship, warhead, warm up, warn, warrant, watch and ward, wattage, weigh, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight, weight down with, wharfage, white elephant, wind, wind up, wing, word, work, wreath, yale, yoke with

Etymology
< chargen: <  charger: <  carricare: <  carrus:; see car.

Derived terms

 * access charge
 * banzai charge
 * carrying charge
 * chargeback
 * chargecard
 * charge conjugation
 * charge density
 * charge hand
 * charge nurse
 * charge of quarters
 * charge-off
 * charge plate
 * charge sheet
 * color charge/colour charge
 * cover charge
 * deferred charge
 * depth charge
 * electric charge


 * finance charge
 * fixed charge
 * floating charge
 * free of charge
 * in charge
 * late charge
 * negative charge
 * nonrecurring charge
 * partial charge
 * positive charge
 * press charges
 * redemption charge
 * reverse-charge
 * reverse the charge
 * sales charge
 * service charge
 * shaped charge
 * space charge
 * specific charge
 * take charge
 * trickle charge
 * user charge


 * charge down
 * charger
 * charge up


 * discharge
 * double-charge
 * overcharge
 * recharge
 * undercharge

Related terms

 * cargo
 * cark
 * carack
 * caricature
 * discharge
 * surcharge

Noun

 * Finnish: vastuu


 * Finnish: vastuu


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: càrrega
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: cost, preu
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חיוב (khiuv)


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian:, наплата
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Bulgarian: предписание
 * Catalan: encàrrec
 * Danish: anklage
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian:, доверување
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: càrrega
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: angrep
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian: обвинение
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: обвинение


 * Norwegian: beskyldning, søksmål
 * Romanian: acuzare, inculpare
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: anklagelse, beskyllning


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: càrrega
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ladning
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian:, полнење, напојување
 * Norwegian: ladning
 * Portuguese: carga elétrica
 * Romanian: sarcină, încărcătură
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: càrrega
 * Finnish: törmääminen, törmäysvirhe


 * Italian:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: полнење
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: tunnus

Verb

 * Bulgarian: натоварвам, обременявам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, sälyttää
 * French: ,


 * Macedonian: товари
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Russian: обременять, обременить , загружать ,  загрузить


 * Bulgarian: възлагам, поверявам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Macedonian: доверува, задава
 * Norwegian: gi oppgave
 * Russian: возлагать, возложить , вменять в обязанность ,  вменить в обязанность


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 控告
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French: ,
 * Macedonian: обвинува
 * Norwegian: saksøke
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: задължавам
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Macedonian: наплаќа


 * Bulgarian: задължавам
 * Finnish:


 * French: ,
 * Macedonian: наплатува


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 充電, 充电
 * Czech: nabít
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Japanese:, 充電
 * Macedonian: напојува, полни
 * Russian:,  зарядить
 * Spanish: cargar
 * Swedish:, ladda upp


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Macedonian: јуриша


 * Bulgarian: атакувам
 * Finnish: ,


 * Macedonian: јурнува
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:


 * French:, s'élancer


 * Bulgarian: пълня
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Macedonian: полни


 * Russian:,  зарядить
 * Swedish:
 * : gwefrio, gwefru


 * Russian: взимать

Etymology
From charger:.

Noun

 * 1) load, burden
 * 2) cargo, freight
 * 3) responsibility, charge
 * 4)  charge
 * 5)  charge
 * 6)  costs, expenses

Verb form
charge


 * 1) first-, third-person singular indicative present of charger
 * 2) first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of charger
 * 3) second-person singular imperative of charger

Related terms

 * chargement
 * charger

Anagrams

 * gâcher