charge
verb
[ tʃɑːdʒ ]
• demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.
• "wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150"
Similar:
ask in payment,
ask,
fix a charge,
fix a price,
impose,
levy,
expect,
demand,
exact,
bill,
invoice,
• formally accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law.
• "they were charged with assault"
Similar:
accuse of,
indict for,
arraign for,
prosecute for,
try for,
bring to trial for,
put on trial for,
blame for,
hold accountable for,
implicate in,
impeach for,
inculpate,
• entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility.
• "the committee was charged with reshaping the educational system"
• store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device).
• "the shaver can be charged up and used while travelling"
• rush forward in attack.
• "the plan is to charge headlong at the enemy"
Similar:
rush,
move quickly,
storm,
stampede,
career,
tear,
push,
plough,
swoop,
dive,
lunge,
launch oneself,
throw oneself,
go headlong,
steam,
barrel,
• place a heraldic bearing on.
• "a pennant argent, charged with a cross gules"
charge
noun
• a price asked for goods or services.
• "our standard charge for a letter is £25"
Similar:
fee,
price,
tariff,
amount,
sum,
figure,
fare,
rate,
payment,
toll,
levy,
cost,
expense,
expenditure,
outlay,
dues,
• an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial.
• "he appeared in court on a charge of attempted murder"
Similar:
accusation,
allegation,
indictment,
arraignment,
citation,
imputation,
blame,
incrimination,
impeachment,
beef,
inculpation,
• responsibility for the care or control of someone or something.
• "the people in her charge are pupils and not experimental subjects"
Similar:
care,
protection,
safe keeping,
keeping,
supervision,
surveillance,
control,
handling,
custody,
guardianship,
tutelage,
wardship,
protectorship,
patronage,
trusteeship,
auspices,
aegis,
hands,
lap,
ward,
• the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.
• a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon.
• "smaller charges, fired on three minute fuses lit by hand"
• a headlong rush forward, typically in attack.
• "a cavalry charge"
Similar:
attack,
assault,
offensive,
onslaught,
offence,
drive,
push,
thrust,
onrush,
sortie,
sally,
swoop,
foray,
raid,
invasion,
incursion,
campaign,
storming,
blitzkrieg,
razzia,
onset,
• a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.
Origin:
Middle English (in the general senses ‘to load’ and ‘a load’), from Old French charger (verb), charge (noun), from late Latin carricare, carcare ‘to load’, from Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.
chargé d'affaires
noun
• an ambassador's deputy.
Origin:
mid 18th century: French, ‘(a person) in charge of affairs’.
