Search results for 'charge':

charge verb (charged, charging) 1 to ask for an amount as the price of something. 2 to ask someone to pay an amount for something. 3 to accuse someone officially of a crime. 4 intrans to rush at someone or something in attack. 5 to rush. 6 formal to officially order someone to do something • She was charged to appear in court. 7 to load (a gun, furnace, etc) with explosive, fuel, etc. 8 formal & old use to fill up • charge your glasses. 9 intrans said of a battery, capacitor, etc: to take up or store electricity. 10 to cause (a battery, capacitor, etc) to take up or store electricity. 11 to load or saturate • The liquid is made fizzy by charging it with carbon dioxide. 12 to fill • The moment was charged with emotion. noun 1 an amount charged; a price, fee, or cost. 2 control, care or responsibility • in charge of repairs. 3 supervision or guardianship • The police arrived and took charge. 4 something or someone, eg a child, that is in one's care. 5 something of which one is accused • a charge of murder. 6 a rushing attack. 7 (also electrical charge) a deficiency or excess of electrons on a particular object, giving rise to a positive or negative charge, respectively. 8 the total amount of electricity stored by an insulated object such as an accumulator or capacitor. 9 a quantity of material appropriate for filling something. 10 an amount of explosive, fuel, etc, for loading into a gun, furnace, etc. 11 an order. 12 a task, duty or burden. 13 a debt or financial liability. press or prefer charges to charge someone officially with a crime, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: French, from Latin carricare to load a vehicle.