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Definition: Meaning of, charge in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tʃɑːdʒ /

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charge charges
  1. price [uncountable and countable] the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services
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  2. control [uncountable] the position of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an activity
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  3. somebody/something you look after be in/under somebody's charge if someone or something is in your charge, you are responsible for looking after them
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  4. somebody/something you look after [countable] formal someone that you are responsible for looking after
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  5. crime [countable] an official statement made by the police saying that they believe someone may be guilty of a crime
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  6. blame [countable] a written or spoken statement blaming someone for doing something bad or illegal [=  allegation]
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  7. attack [countable] an attack in which soldiers or animals move towards someone or something very quickly
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  8. effort lead the charge to make a strong effort to do something
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  9. electricity [uncountable] electricity that is put into a piece of electrical equipment such as a BATTERY
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  10. explosive [countable] an explosive put into something such as a bomb or gun
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  11. strength of feelings [singular] the power of strong feelings
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  12. get a charge out of something American English spoken to be excited by something and enjoy it very much
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  13. an order to do something [countable] formal an order to do something
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
charge charged charged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
charging charges
  1. money [intransitive and transitive] to ask someone for a particular amount of money for something you are selling
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  2. money charge something to somebody's account/room etc to record the cost of something on someone's account, so that they can pay for it later
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  3. money [transitive] American English to pay for something with a CREDIT CARD
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  4. crime [transitive] to state officially that someone may be guilty of a crime
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  5. blame somebody [transitive] formal to say publicly that you think someone has done something wrong
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  6. run [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to deliberately run or walk somewhere quickly
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  7. attack [intransitive and transitive] to deliberately rush quickly towards someone or something in order to attack them
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  8. electricity [intransitive and transitive] also charge up if a BATTERY charges, or if you charge it, it takes in and stores electricity
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  9. order somebody [transitive] formal to order someone to do something or make them responsible for it
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  10. gun [transitive] old use to load a gun
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  11. glass [transitive] British English formal to fill a glass
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charge used in phrases

  • Charge of the Light Brigade, the
    1. an unsuccessful attack made by the British CAVALRY (= soldiers riding horses) during the CRIMEAN WAR . Many British soldiers were killed because they were ordered to ride into a valley which was full of Russian soldiers with heavy guns. TENNYSON describes this battle in his poem The Charge of the Light Brigade,
  • admission charge (noun)
    1. the fee charged for admission
  • banzai charge (noun)
    1. a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of 'banzai'
  • bursting charge (noun)
    1. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
  • carrying charge (noun)
    1. charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an instalment plan
    2. the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership
  • charge account (noun)
    1. American English an account you have at a shop that allows you to take goods away with you now and pay later
  • charge account credit (noun)
    1. a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
  • charge card (noun)
    1. a plastic card from a particular shop that you can use to buy goods there and pay for them later [↪  credit card]
  • charge hand (noun)
    1. British English a worker in charge of other workers, whose position is below that of a FOREMAN
  • charge nurse (noun)
    1. a nurse who is responsible for the work done in one part of a hospital
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