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Meaning of charge

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  charge
      n 1: an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the
           wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the
           battle began with a cavalry charge"
      2: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
         "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: {charge},
         {complaint}]
      3: the price charged for some article or service; "the admission
         charge"
      4: 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: {charge}, {electric charge}]
      5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety;
         "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: {care}, {charge},
         {tutelage}, {guardianship}]
      6: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a
         confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a
         message" [syn: {mission}, {charge}, {commission}]
      7: a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges
         across the street"
      8: financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against
         the estate"
      9: (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}, {charge}]
      10: 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}, {charge}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}]
      11: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges
          at the end of each month" [syn: {charge}, {billing}]
      12: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do
          something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn:
          {commission}, {charge}, {direction}]
      13: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;
          "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of
          drunken driving" [syn: {accusation}, {charge}]
      14: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a
          shield [syn: {charge}, {bearing}, {heraldic bearing},
          {armorial bearing}]
      15: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this
          cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" [syn: {charge},
          {burster}, {bursting charge}, {explosive charge}]
      v 1: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he
           saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" [syn: {charge},
           {bear down}]
      2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;
         "he charged the director with indifference" [syn: {charge},
         {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: {charge}, {bill}]
      4: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
         "He came charging into my office" [syn: {tear}, {shoot},
         {shoot down}, {charge}, {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}, {charge}]
      6: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with
         murdering his wife" [syn: {charge}, {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}, {charge}]
      11: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your
          baggage" [syn: {consign}, {charge}]
      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}, {charge}, {commove},
          {excite}, {charge up}] [ant: {calm}, {calm down}, {lull},
          {quiet}, {quieten}, {still}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillise},
          {tranquillize}]
      15: place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields,
          and banners"
      16: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his
          gun carefully"; "load the camera" [syn: {load}, {charge}]
      17: direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged
          his weapon at me" [syn: {charge}, {level}, {point}]
      18: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged
          her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn:
          {charge}, {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}, {charge}]
      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"

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