Definitions
1.verbTo assign a duty or responsibility to
2.verbTo assign (a debit) to an account"Let's charge this to marketing."
3.verbTo pay on account, as by using a credit card"Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?"
4.verbTo require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.)"I won't charge you for the wheat"
5.verb(possibly archaic) to sell at a given price."to charge coal at $5 per unit"
6.verbTo formally accuse (a person) of a crime."I'm charging you with assault and battery."
7.verbTo impute or ascribe
8.verbTo call to account; to challenge
9.verbTo place a burden or load on or in
10.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."
11.verbTo move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback
12.verb(of a hunting dog) to lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog)