charge
charge Lexical Profile
charge Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A price asked for goods or services.
"The museum offers free admission, though there is a small charge for the special exhibition."
A formal accusation made against a suspect that they have committed a specific offense or crime.
"The prosecutor decided to drop the charge after new evidence came to light."
Responsibility for the care, supervision, or control of someone or something; or a person or thing entrusted to someone's care.
"She was placed in charge of organizing the annual regional conference."
The property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in positive or negative forms, or the amount of electricity stored in a battery.
"Protons carry a positive electrical charge, whereas electrons carry a negative one."
A headlong, forceful rush forward, typically to attack or compete.
"The visiting team led a late charge in the final quarter to win the championship."
• verb
To demand an amount as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied, or to record a cost to an account.
"The local repair shop does not charge for an initial diagnostic estimate."
To formally accuse someone of something, especially an offense under law.
"Authorities decided to charge the executive with financial fraud following the audit."
To store electrical energy in a battery or battery-operated device.
"Please remember to charge your laptop overnight before the presentation."
To rush forward rapidly and forcefully.
"The excited children began to charge down the hallway as soon as the bell rang."
To entrust someone with a task as a duty or responsibility.
"The committee was charged with reviewing the university's curriculum standards."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French 'chargier' (to load or burden), from Late Latin 'carricare' (to load a wagon), ultimately derived from Latin 'carrus' (four-wheeled wagon), which is of Celtic origin.