Charge | Mean of charge in English Dictionary

/ˈtʃɑɚʤ/

• Verb
• to give an amount of electricity to (something)
1. charge a car's battery
2. My cell phone needs to be charged. = The battery in my cell phone needs to be charged.
3. The battery is charging. [=is being charged]
• to give a job or responsibility to (a person or group)
1. The board was charged with deciding where to build a new school.
2. the department charged with helping war veterans
• to formally accuse (someone) of a crime
1. They charged him with theft.
2. She was charged with murder.

• to say that someone has done something wrong
1. The government charged that he had not paid taxes for five years.
2. It is not clear if he violated the rules, as his critics have charged.
• to say that a player has broken the rules in a game
1. The basketball player was charged with a foul.
• to rush toward (a person, place, etc.)
1. The bull charged the matador.
2. Fans charged [=rushed] the stage but were stopped by the security guards.
• to rush in a particular direction
1. People charged toward the stage.
2. She came charging into the room.
3. The bull charged right at me.
4. a charging rhinoceros
• to create a record of an amount of money that is owed
1. The clerk charged the purchase to my account.
2. The expenses were charged against the company's earnings.
• to ask for money in return for providing or doing something
1. Do you charge for fixing flat tires?
2. They charge a fee for late payment.
3. charge tuition
• to ask for (a specific amount of money) as a price, rate, or fee
1. The shop charged $100 for repairs.
2. The bank charged eight percent interest on the loan.
• to ask for payment from (a customer, client, etc.)
1. They charged me $500 to fix the engine.
2. She charged the city thousands of dollars for her work.
• Noun
• an amount of electricity
1. an electrical charge
• the amount of an explosive material (such as dynamite) that is used in a single blast
1. He set off a charge that destroyed the mountain.
• the responsibility of managing or watching over something
1. He has charge of the building.
2. He wanted to take charge [=take control] of the organization.
• an amount of money that someone asks for in return for providing or doing something
1. There is no charge for fixing the tire.
2. a delivery charge for the refrigerator
3. a monthly charge
4. an admission charge at the fair
5. The concert at the school is free of charge. [=costs nothing to attend]
6. A second member of your family can join at no charge. [=without paying]
• a formal accusation that someone committed a crime
1. a charge of burglary
2. They dropped the charges against him.
3. She pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
4. He decided not to bring/press charges. [=to formally accuse someone of a crime]
5. Will she face charges? [=will she be charged?]
• a statement that criticizes someone or says that someone has done something wrong
1. The senator rejects charges that he is too liberal.
2. She responded to the charges of plagiarism.
• a person (such as a child) that another person must guard or take care of
1. She loved to play with her young charges at the day-care center.
• a judge's instructions to a jury before it begins deciding a verdict
1. The judge delivered his charge to the jury.
• an act of running or rushing forward especially in order to make an attack
1. a cavalry charge
2. Tennyson's poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
• a feeling of joy or excitement
1. The children got a charge out of [=were amused by] the juggler.
2. He gets a charge out of teasing his sister.
• having control of or responsibility for something
1. She is in charge of hiring new employees.
2. I am not sure who is in charge at the restaurant.