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charged adjective [ tʃɑːdʒd ]

• having an electric charge.

charge verb

• 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,
Opposite: absolve,
• entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility.
• "the committee was charged with reshaping the educational system"
Similar: entrust, burden, encumber, hamper, saddle, tax, weigh, weigh down, load,
• 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,
Opposite: retreat,
• place a heraldic bearing on.
• "a pennant argent, charged with a cross gules"
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’.


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