Definitions
1.nounThe amount of money levied for a service."There will be a charge of five dollars."
2.nounA ground attack against a prepared enemy."Pickett did not die leading his famous charge."
3.nounA forceful forward movement.
4.nounAn accusation."That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust."
5.nounAn electric charge.
6.nounThe scope of someone's responsibility."The child was in the nanny's charge."
7.nounSomeone 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."
8.nounA load or burden; cargo."The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings."
9.nounAn instruction."I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month."
10.nounAn offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
11.nounA measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
12.nounAn image displayed on an escutcheon.
13.nounA position (of a weapon) fitted for attack."to bring a weapon to the charge"
14.nounA sort of plaster or ointment.
15.nounWeight; import; value.
16.nounA measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
17.nounAn address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
18.verbTo assign a duty or responsibility to
19.verbTo assign (a debit) to an account"Let's charge this to marketing."
20.verbTo pay on account, as by using a credit card"Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?"
21.verbTo require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.)"I won't charge you for the wheat"
22.verb(possibly archaic) to sell at a given price."to charge coal at $5 per unit"
23.verbTo formally accuse (a person) of a crime."I'm charging you with assault and battery."
24.verbTo impute or ascribe
25.verbTo call to account; to challenge
26.verbTo place a burden or load on or in
27.verbTo 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."
28.verbTo move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback
29.verb(of a hunting dog) to lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog)