charge meaning
- To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
"he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
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- An impetuous rush toward someone or something
"the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" - (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offence
"he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
- complaint - The price charged for some article or service
"the admission 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"
- electric charge - Attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- care, tutelage, guardianship - A special assignment that is given to a person or group
"his charge was to deliver a message"
- mission, commission - A person committed to your care
"the teacher led her charges across the street" - Financial liabilities (such as a tax)
"the charges against the estate" - (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
- cathexis - The swift release of a store of affective force
- bang, boot, rush, flush, thrill, kick - Request for payment of a debt
"they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
- billing - A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
"the judge's charge to the jury"
- commission, direction - An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
"the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
- accusation - Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing - A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
"this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
- burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
Derived forms: charging, charged, charges
See also: charger
Type of: account, accuse, aim, alter, ascribe, asking, assertion, asseveration, assign, assignment, attack, attribute, averment, belt along, bid, bidding, bucket along, calculate, cannonball along, change, claim, command, commit, confide, cost, criminate, debit, dependant, dependent, determine, dictation, direct, disturb, duty assignment, electrical phenomenon, entrust, excitement, exhilaration, explosive, fill, fill up, furnish, hasten, heraldry, hie [archaic], hotfoot, impeach, impregnate, impute, incriminate, instruct, intrust, liabilities, libidinal energy, lie, lie down, make full, modify, onrush, onset, onslaught, paint, pay, pelt along, pleading, protection, provide, race, render, request, require, rush, rush along, saturate, set, speed, step on it, supply, take, take aim, train, transfer, trouble, trust, upset
Part of: bill of indictment, indictment
Encyclopedia: Charge
[American slang]
control of someone or something; the responsibility for caring for someone or something. (Typically: take ~; have ~; give someone ~.)
How long have you had charge of this office?
He took charge of the entire company.
[Business]
AmE / noun, verb
■ noun
ACCRUED CHARGE, BANK CHARGE, CARRYING CHARGE, CERTIFICATE OF CHARGE, COVER CHARGE, EXIT CHARGE, FINANCE CHARGE, FLOATING CHARGE, LANDING CHARGE, RESTRUCTURING CHARGE, REVERSE-CHARGE, SALES CHARGE, SERVICE CHARGE, SOCIAL CHARGE, TERMINATION CHARGE
1 [C,U]
the amount of money that sb asks for goods or services; the amount of money that you pay regularly for a service:
bank/interest/telephone charges
a charge of $50
a $50 charge
They are going to introduce charges for special deliveries.
There's no charge for the service.
You can download the software free of charge (= without paying for it).
They are offering unlimited weekend and evening phone calls for a fixed charge of $25 a month.
⇨ FEE See note at PRICE
❖ to impose/introduce/levy/make/waive a charge (for sth)
◆ an additional/ a fixed charge
2 (Accounting ) [C]
a large cost that a company has to pay, which affects its financial results
: (BrE) a one-off charge
◆ (AmE) a one-time charge
The company said it would take (= pay) a $280 million charge to cover two new acquisitions.
The group booked (= recorded in its financial books) a $13.5 million charge in anticipation of higher than expected costs.
an exceptional/one-off/a special charge
3 (Law ) [C,U]
a formal claim that sb has committed a crime or done sth wrong:
No criminal charges will be brought against the company directors.
After a few hours, she was released without charge.
The manager has rejected the charge of favouritism.
❖ to bring/file/lay/press charges (against sb)
◆ to admit/deny a charge/the charges
4 [U]
responsibility for a group of people, a job or a task:
Nokia's vice-president in charge of Internet security products
The profits have improved sharply since she took charge as chief executive.
Who's in charge here?
He's been put in overall charge of the new sales division. See note at RESPONSIBILITY
CHARGE ON ASSETS
■ verb
1 [+ obj or no obj] charge (sb) (for sth) | charge (sb) sth (for sth)
to require payment for goods or services:
They have begun to charge for access to their website.
We charge a 1% commission for changing traveller's cheques.
Do you charge on an hourly basis?
They charge clients a monthly fee of $25.
The regulator imposes limits on the price charged to customers.
⇨ OVERCHARGE, UNDERCHARGE
2 [+ obj]
to record the cost of sth as an amount that sb has to pay:
The subscription price will be charged to your account annually.
◆ (AmE) Can I charge it (= pay by credit card)?
3 (Accounting ) [+ obj]
to record that a cost belongs to a particular financial account:
The interest is charged to the profit and loss account.
SYN DEBIT
4 (Law ) [+ obj]
to accuse sb formally of committing a crime or doing sth wrong:
The committee charged her with professional misconduct.
NOTE In the US, indict is used instead of charge for a serious crime.
5 (formal) [+ obj] (usually be charged with sth)
to give sb a job or a task:
The team has been charged with developing new computer applications.
[Economics]
1) A legal or equitable interest in land, securing the payment of money. It gives the creditor in whose favour the charge is created (the chargee) the right to payment from the income or proceeds of sale of the land charged, in priority to claims against the debtor by unsecured creditors.
2) An interest in company property created in favour of a creditor (e.g. as a debenture holder) to secure the amount owing. Most charges must be registered by the Registrar of Companies (see also register of charges). A fixed charge (or specific charge) is attached to a specific item of property (e.g. land); a floating charge is created in respect of circulating assets (e.g. cash, stock in trade), to which it will not attach until crystallization, i.e. until some event (e.g. winding-up) causes it to become fixed. Before crystallization, unsecured debts can be paid out of the assets charged. After, the charge is treated as a fixed charge and therefore unsecured debts (except those given preference under the Companies Acts) rank after those secured by the charge (see also fraudulent preference). A charge can also be created upon shares. For example, the articles of association usually give the company a lien in respect of unpaid calls, and company members may, in order to secure a debt owed to a third party, charge their shares, either by a full transfer of shares coupled with an agreement to retransfer upon repayment of the debt or by a deposit of the share certificate.
- charge in: [American slang]to ...
- charge with: 1. charge sb wit ...
- in charge: In control or auth ...
Examples
More: Next- children under five years of age are not charged.
- they could n't make the charges stick.
- the hole is drilled, the charge is set up.
- i charge you not to forget what i have said ..
- proton and neutron form a charge doublet.
