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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charge \Charge\ (ch[aum]rj), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Charged} (ch[aum]rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Charging}.] [OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}, {Cark}, and see {Car}.]
1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
A carte that charged was with hay. --Chaucer.
The charging of children's memories with rules. --Locke.
2. To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.
Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. --Josh. xxii. 5.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. --Shak.
3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
When land shall be charged by any lien. --Kent.
4. To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.
5. To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.
6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.
No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native sloth and negligence of time. --Dryden.
7. To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.
If he did that wrong you charge him with. --Tennyson.
8. To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.
Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. --Shak.
9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.
10. (Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.
11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.]
To charge me to an answer. --Shak.
12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
Charged our main battle's front. --Shak.
Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See {Accuse}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charge \Charge\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron. --Glanvill.
''Charge for the guns!'' he said. --Tennyson.
2. To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.
3. To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.
4. To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charge \Charge\, noun [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See {Charge}, verb (used with an object), and cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}.]
1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.
Note: The people of a parish or church are called the charge of the clergyman who is set over them.
3. Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.
'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand. --Shak.
4. Heed; care; anxiety; trouble. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
5. Harm. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
6. An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
The king gave cherge concerning Absalom. --2. Sam. xviii. 5.
7. An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy.
8. An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.
The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena. --Whewell.
9. Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.
10. The price demanded for a thing or service.
11. An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book.
12. 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
13. The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.
Never, in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies. --Holland.
The charge of the light brigade. --Tennyson.
14. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.
15. (Far.) A sort of plaster or ointment.
16. (Her.) A bearing. See {Bearing}, noun, 8.
17. [Cf. {Charre}.] Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also {charre}.
18. Weight; import; value.
Many suchlike ''as's'' of great charge. --Shak.
{Back charge}. See under {Back}, adjective
{Bursting charge}. (a) (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc. (b) (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting.
{Charge and discharge} (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery.
{Charge sheet}, the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations.
{To sound the charge}, to give the signal for an attack.
Syn: Care; custody; trust; management; office; expense; cost; price; assault; attack; onset; injunction; command; order; mandate; instruction; accusation; indictment.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
charge
noun
1: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: {complaint}]
2: the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"
3: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" [syn: {accusation}]
4: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" [syn: {billing}]
5: a impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
6: 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" [syn: {electric charge}]
7: financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"
8: a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street"
9: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: {care}, {tutelage}, {guardianship}]
10: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" [syn: {mission}, {commission}]
11: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: {commission}, {direction}]
12: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" [syn: {burster}, {bursting charge}, {explosive charge}]
13: 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" [syn: {bang}, {boot}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}]
14: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" [syn: {cathexis}]
15: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield [syn: {bearing}, {heraldic bearing}, {armorial bearing}]
verb
1: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" [syn: {bear down}]
2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged me director with indifference" [syn: {accuse}]
3: demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" [syn: {bill}]
4: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: {tear}, {shoot}, {shoot down}, {buck}]
5: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" [syn: {appoint}]
6: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: {lodge}, {file}]
7: make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
8: fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay" [ant: {discharge}]
9: enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"
10: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: {commit}, {institutionalize}, {institutionalise}, {send}]
11: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" [syn: {consign}]
12: pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?" [ant: {pay cash}]
13: lie down on command, of hunting dogs
14: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: {agitate}, {rouse}, {turn on}, {commove}, {excite}, {charge up}] [ant: {calm}]
15: place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
16: provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully" [syn: {load}]
17: direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" [syn: {level}, {point}]
18: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: {saddle}, {burden}]
19: instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
20: instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
21: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn: {blame}]
22: set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
23: cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor"
24: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery"
25: saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
878 Moby Thesaurus words for "charge": accountability, accounting for, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accredit, accusal, accusation, accuse, accusing, achievement, action, activate, adjure, administration, admission, admission fee, admonish, advowson, afflict, agency, agentship, aggravated assault, aggression, alerion, allegation, allege, allegement, allegiance, amount, amount due, amperage, amphibious attack, amplify, anchorage, animal charge, annulet, answerability, anticathexis, application, argent, armed assault, armipotence, armorial bearings, armory, arms, arraign, arraignment, arrogation, article, ascription, ask, assail, assailing, assailment, assault, assert, assess, assessment, assign, assignation, assigned task, assignment, attachment, attack, attribute, attribution, auspices, authority, authorization, authorize, azure, bad debts, bail, bale, bandeau, bang, banzai attack, bar, bar sinister, baton, bear hard upon, bearings, beef, behest, bellyful, bend, bend sinister, benefice, bid, bidding, bill, bill of particulars, billet, bills, black power, blame, blast, blazon, blazonry, blitz, blitzkrieg, boil, bolt, book, boot, bordure, borrowing, bossing, bounden duty, breakthrough, brevet, brim, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, bringing of charges, bringing to book, broad arrow, brokerage, brute force, budget, budget items, bumper, burden, burden of expenditure, burden with, burdening, burthen, business, busywork, buy on credit, cadency mark, call of duty, call on, call the signals, call upon, canton, capacity, care, care of souls, carfare, cargo, carload, carrying charge, cartload, cathectic energy, cathexis, caution, cellarage, censure, chaplet, chare, charge for, charges, charging, charisma, charter, chase, chevron, chief, chits, chock, choke, chore, cite, claim, client, clog, clout, coat of arms, cock, cockatrice, cogence, cogency, command, commission, commissioning, commit, commitment, committal, complain, complaint, complement, compulsion, concern, conduct, congest, connection with, consign, consignment, contaminate, control, coronet, cost, cost of living, cost-of-living allowance, cost-of-living index, costs, count, counterattack, countercathexis, counteroffensive, coup de main, cover charge, cram, credit, crescent, crest, criminate, crippling attack, cross, cross moline, crowd, crown, crush, cumber, cumbrance, curacy, cure, custodianship, custody, damage, dash, dash at, dead set at, deadweight, debit, debt, declare, decree, dedication, deference, delation, delegate, delegated authority, delegation, demand, denounce, denouncement, denunciate, denunciation, dependent, deputation, depute, deputize, derivation from, descent on, desire concentration, detach, detail, detonate, device, devoir, devolute, devolution, devolve, devolve upon, devolvement, devotion, dictate, difference, differencing, difficulty, dint, direct, direct costs, direction, disadvantage, disbursals, discharge, distributed costs, diversion, diversionary attack, dockage, drag, drive, drop, due, dues, duress, duties and responsibilities, duty, eagle, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, eject, electric charge, electrify, embarrassment, embassy, empower, empowerment, encourage, encumber, encumbrance, energize, energy, energy charge, enjoin, entrance fee, entrust, entrusting, entrustment, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, errand, escutcheon, ethics, etiology, exact, exaction, exactment, executorship, exequatur, exercise, exhaust, exhort, exhortation, expect, expenditure, expense, expense account, expenses, expostulate, eye, factorship, falcon, fare, fasten on, fasten upon, fealty, fee, fell, fess, fess point, field, figure, file, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, financial commitment, finger, fire, fire off, fish to fry, flanch, flank attack, fleur-de-lis, fling, floating debt, flower power, flush, fly at, foray, force, force majeure, forcefulness, freight, freight with, fret, frontal attack, fuel, full blast, full force, full house, full measure, full power, funded debt, fur, fusil, galvanize, garland, gas attack, general expenses, generate, get up steam, give an order, give in charge, give the word, glebe, go on tick, governance, government, griffin, guardianship, guarding, guidance, gules, gun, gun for, gyron, hamper, handicap, handling, hands, hang something on, hatchment, head-on attack, heap, helmet, heraldic device, hire, hit, hold, homage, homework, honor, honor point, hypercathexis, imbue, impalement, impaling, impeach, impeachment, impediment, impedimenta, imperative, implication, imply, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposition, impregnate, impugn, imputation, impute, incite, inconvenience, incriminate, incubus, inculpate, incumbency, indebtedness, indebtment, indict, indictment, indirect costs, induce, inescutcheon, infect, infiltration, inflict on, inflict upon, influence, inform against, inform on, information, injunction, innuendo, insinuate, insinuation, instruct, instruction, intendance, interpenetrate, invoice, irradiate, issue a command, issue a writ, jam, jam up, jam-pack, jet propulsion, job, job of work, jollies, jump off, jurisdiction, keep, keeping, kick, label, labor, labor costs, lade, lading, lash, lawsuit, lay, lay charges, lay on, laying of charges, legation, let fly, let off, levy, liabilities, liability, license, license fee, lieutenancy, lift, lightning attack, lightning war, line of duty, lion, liquid oxygen, live wire, living, load, loading, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, loop in, loyalty, lozenge, lumber, main force, main strength, make dutiable, make-work, mana, management, mandate, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, mass attack, material costs, matters in hand, maturity, megadeath, metal, might, might and main, mightiness, millstone, ministry, mission, motto, mouthful, move, moxie, mugging, mullet, muscle power, must, name, national debt, need, nombril point, obligation, octofoil, odd job, offense, offensive, office, onset, onslaught, onus, operating costs, operating expense, oppress, oppression, or, ordain, order, order about, ordinary, orle, ought, outstanding debt, overburden, overcharge, overfill, overhead, overkill, overload, oversight, overtax, overtaxing, overweight, overweighting, pack, pad, palaetiology, pale, paly, panzer warfare, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, payload, pean, pelt, penalty, penetrate, pensionary, pensioner, pepper, percolate, permeate, persuade, pervade, pheon, pick off, piece of work, pile, pilotage, pin on, pistol, pizzazz, place, placement, plaint, pledge, plenipotentiary power, plug, plug in, poison, poop, portage, post, pot, potence, potency, potentiality, potshoot, potshot, power, power of attorney, power pack, power structure, power struggle, power to act, powerfulness, preach, precept, prefer charges, prelacy, prepotency, prescript, prescription, presentment, press charges, press hard upon, pressure, preventive custody, price, price tag, prime, prime cost, pro rata, proclaim, procuration, productiveness, productivity, project, prompt, promulgate, pronounce, propellant, propulsion charge, prorate, prosecution, protection, protective custody, protectorship, protege, proxy, public charge, public debt, puissance, pull, punch, purpure, purview, push, put, put down, put on, put on report, put upon, quarter, quartering, quiver, race, radiumize, raid, ram in, rate, reaction propulsion, receive credit, rectory, refer, reference to, regency, regentship, remonstrate, replacement cost, report, reprehend, reproach, request, require, respect, responsibility, rest hard upon, riddle, right, rocket propulsion, rose, rule, run against, run at, running, rush, rush at, rush of emotion, sable, saddle, saddle with, saddling, safe hands, safekeeping, sally, saltire, salvage, satiate, saturate, say the word, score, scot, scot and lot, scutcheon, self-imposed duty, send out, sensation, service, set, shield, shipload, shiver, shock, shock tactics, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, short, short-circuit, shot, shudder, sinew, snipe, snootful, solicit, sortie, spread eagle, steam, steam up, step down, step up, stewardship, stick for, stiffen, stint, storage, storm, strength, strike, strong arm, stuff, subject to, subordinary, suffuse, suit, supercharge, superincumbency, superintendence, superintendency, superiority, superpower, supervision, surcharge, surfeit, surge of emotion, surveillance, swindle sheet, switch off, switch on, tab, take a potshot, take credit, take to task, tariff, task, taunt with, tax, taxing, teaching, tear, tell, tenne, things to do, thrill, thrust, tilt at, tincture, tingle, tingling, tithe, titillation, toll, top off, torpedo, torse, towage, trailerload, trainload, transfer, transfuse, tremor, tremor of excitement, tressure, trouble, truckload, true bill, trust, trusteeship, turn off, turn on, tutelage, twit, uncollectibles, unfulfilled pledge, unicorn, unit cost, unit quantity, unprovoked assault, unspoken accusation, urge, vair, validity, vanload, vehemence, veiled accusation, vert, vicarage, vicarious authority, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wad, ward, wardenship, wardship, warhead, warm up, warn, warrant, watch and ward, wattage, weigh, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight, weight down with, wharfage, white elephant, wind, wind up, wing, word, work, wreath, yale, yoke with
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