CHARGE
noun1
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of CHARGE syndrome.
charge
nounalso spelled CHARGEUK /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/ · US /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.
21 senses
- 1The amount of money levied for a service.
- 2An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in…
- 3A forceful forward movement.
- 4An official description (by the police or a court) of a…
- 5An accusation by a person or organization.
- 6An electric charge.
- 7The scope of someone's responsibility.
- 8Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a…
- 9A load or burden; cargo.
- 10An instruction.
- 11A mortgage.
- 12An offensive foul in which the player with the ball…
- 13A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- 14A measured amount of explosive.
- 15An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- 16A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- 17A sort of plaster or ointment.
- 18Weight; import; value.
- 19A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing…
- 20An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- 21Cannabis.
1
The amount of money levied for a service.
- There will be a charge of five dollars.
- There is a cancellation charge if you withdraw your order.
2
Government, Military, Politics, War An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade
3
A forceful forward movement.
- Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC:
› An accusation.
4
An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- two charges of manslaughter
- "Ain't gone be no Rikers Island for you next time," I warned him. "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time."2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108:
5
An accusation by a person or organization.
- That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
- we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge;2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 261a:
1 more example
- A charge often leveled against organic agriculture is that it is more philosophy than science.2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 150:
6
Chemistry, Electrical engineering, Electromagnetism, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics An electric charge.
7
The scope of someone's responsibility.
- The child was in the nanny's charge.
- He had the key of a closet in which the moneys of this fund were kept, but the outer key of the vault, of which the closet formed part, was in the charge of another person.1848 April 24, John K. Kane, opinion, United States v. Hutchison, as reported in The Pennsylvania law Journal, June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 http://books.google.com/books?id=Pz-TAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA366&dq=key
8
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- The child was a charge of the nanny.
9
A load or burden; cargo.
- The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
10
An instruction.
- I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
12
Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
13
Engineering, Firearms, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
14
Broadly A measured amount of explosive.
- Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
15
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- Near-synonym: emblem
16
Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- to bring a weapon to the charge
18
Obsolete Weight; import; value.
- many suchlike as's of great chargec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
19
Historical, Obsolete A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
20
Ecclesiastical, Lifestyle, Religion An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
21
Slang Cannabis.
- At about the same time I went off pills and started smoking charge marijuana, you know.1966, Alan Bestic, Turn Me on Man, page 58:
- It had been a false alarm, and £2 worth of charge (marijuana) had gone out of the window.1970, Sean O'Callaghan, Drug Addiction in Britain, page 51:
- Derived terms
105 terms
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