Definitions:

1. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something noun
   • the judge's charge to the jury
2. a person committed to your care noun
   • The teacher led their charges across the street.
3. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time noun
   • this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
4. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence noun
   • the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
5. an impetuous rush toward someone or something noun
   • The bull's charge carried it towards the matador.
6. financial liabilities (such as a tax) noun
   • the charges against the estate
7. in criminal law, a pleading describing some wrong or offense noun
   • They were arrested on a charge of larceny.
8. request for payment of a debt noun
   • they submitted their charges at the end of each month
9. the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object noun
   • Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
10. the price charged for some article or service noun
    • the admission charge
11. the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons noun
    • the battery needed a fresh charge
12. to blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against verb
    • I charged the director with indifference to quality after the second mediocre film in a row.
13. to cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on verb
    • charge a conductor
14. to cause to be agitated, excited, or roused verb
    • The speaker charged up the crowd with a series of inflammatory remarks.
15. to demand payment verb
    • Will I get charged for this service?
16. to energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge verb
    • I need to charge my car battery.
17. to enter a certain amount as a charge verb
    • They charged me $15.
18. to file a formal charge against verb
    • The suspect was charged with murdering their spouse.
19. to fill or load to capacity verb
    • charge the wagon with hay
20. to impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to verb
    • They charged us with cleaning up all the files over the weekend.
21. to instruct or command with authority verb
    • The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
22. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle verb
    • We charged them with everything we had.
23. to make an accusatory claim verb
    • The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased.
24. to place a heraldic bearing on verb
    • charge all weapons, shields, and banners
25. to saturate verb
    • The room was charged with tension and anxiety.
26. to set or ask for a certain price verb
    • How much do you charge for lunch?

Synonyms:

• accusation
• accuse
• agitate
• appoint
• armorial bearing
• bear down
• bearing
• bill
• billing
• blame
• burden
• burster
• bursting charge
• care
• cathexis
• charge up
• commission
• commit
• commove
• complaint
• consign
• direction
• electric charge
• excite
• explosive charge
• file
• heraldic bearing
• institutionalise
• institutionalize
• kick
• level
• load
• lodge
• mission
• point
• rouse
• saddle
• send
• shoot
• turn on

NearBy Words:

• chargeable
• charged
• chargeman
• charger