Charge
(v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden |
Charge
(v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust |
Charge
(v. t.) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. |
Charge
(v. t.) To fix or demand as a price |
Charge
(v. t.) To place something to the account of as a debt |
Charge
(v. t.) To impute or ascribe |
Charge
(v. t.) To accuse |
Charge
(v. t.) To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear |
Charge
(v. t.) To ornament with or cause to bear |
Charge
(v. t.) To assume as a bearing |
Charge
(v. t.) To call to account |
Charge
(v. t.) To bear down upon |
Charge
(v. i.) To make an onset or rush |
Charge
(v. i.) To demand a price |
Charge
(v. i.) To debit on an account |
Charge
(v. i.) To squat on its belly and be still |
Charge
(v. t.) A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. |
Charge
(v. t.) A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another |
Charge
(v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place |
Charge
(v. t.) Heed |
Charge
(v. t.) Harm. |
Charge
(v. t.) An order |
Charge
(v. t.) An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation |
Charge
(v. t.) An accusation of a wrong of offense |
Charge
(v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc. |
Charge
(v. t.) The price demanded for a thing or service. |
Charge
(v. t.) An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another |
Charge
(v. t.) That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time |
Charge
(v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy |
Charge
(v. t.) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack |
Charge
(v. t.) A soft of plaster or ointment. |
Charge
(v. t.) A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8. |
Charge
(n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds |
Charge
(n.) Weight |
Charge d'affaires
(n.) A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another |
Double-charge
(v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder. |
Double-charge
(v. t.) To overcharge. |
Excess
(n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits |
Excess
(n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite |
Excess
(n.) The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another |
mission
charge commission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group, a confidential mission to London, his charge was deliver a message |
care charge
tutelage guardianship | attention and management implying responsibility for safety, he is in the care of a bodyguard |
| charge | an impetuous rush toward someone or something, the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary, the battle began with a cavalry charge |
banzai attack
banzai charge | a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties, originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' |
overindulgence
excess | excessive indulgence, the child was spoiled by overindulgence |
charge
burster
bursting charge
explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time, this cartridge has a powder charge ofgrains |
charge bearing heraldic bearing
armorial bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
| charge-exchange accelerator | an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
depth charge
depth bomb | a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water, antisubmarine device |
excess
excessiveness
inordinateness | immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits |
excess surplus
surplusage
nimiety | a quantity much larger than is needed |
conservation of charge
conservation of electricity | the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system |
blotter
day book
police blotter
rap sheet
charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
charge
complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense, he was arrested on a charge of larceny |
| accusation charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence, the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving |
| commission charge direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something, the judge's charge to the jury |
| charge billing | request for payment of a debt, they submitted their charges at the end of each month |
murder charge
murder indictment | an indictment charging someone with murder |
bang
boot
charge
rush
flush
thrill
kick | the swift release of a store of affective force, they got a great bang out of it, what a boot!, he got a quick rush from injecting heroin, he does it for kicks |
cathexis
charge | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object, Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge |
| charge | a person committed to your care, the teacher led her charges across the street |
| charge d'affaires | the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador |
| charge of quarters | an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours |
charge
electric charge | the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons, the battery needed a fresh charge |
| electrostatic charge | the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field) |
| positive charge | having a deficiency of electrons, having a higher electric potential |
| negative charge | having a surplus of electrons, having a lower electric potential |
handling cost
handling charge | the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) |
carrying cost
carrying charge | the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, the expense incurred by ownership |
| charge | the price charged for some article or service, the admission charge |
| carrying charge | charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan |
| depreciation charge | an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property |
fixed charge
fixed cost
fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
cover charge
cover | a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink |
| drop-off charge | a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented |
entrance fee
admission
admission charge
admission fee
admission price
price of admission
entrance money | the fee charged for admission |
| installation charge | the charge for installing something |
rate
charge per unit | amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis, a -minute phone call at that rate would cost $ |
service charge
service fee | a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service |
open-end credit
revolving credit
charge account credit | a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time |
credit account
charge account
open account | credit extended by a business to a customer |
| revolving charge account | a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance |
credit card
charge card
charge plate
plastic | a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered, do you take plastic? |
| charge | financial liabilities (such as a tax), the charges against the estate |
| ionic charge | the charge on an ion is equal to a constant charge e multiplied by an integer from to |
charge unit
quantity unit | a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) |
surfeit excess
overabundance | the state of being more than full |
| charge d | saturate, The room was charged with tension and anxiety |
| charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge, I need to charge my car battery |
| charge | cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on, charge a conductor |