CHARGE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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’

demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied

demand as payment

• wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150
• he charged me five dollars for the wine

formally accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law

accuse of offence

• they were charged with assault

entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility

entrust with task

• the committee was charged with reshaping the educational system

store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device)

store electrical energy in

• the shaver can be charged up and used while travelling

rush forward in attack

rush forward in attack

• the plan is to charge headlong at the enemy

place a heraldic bearing on

place heraldic emblem on

• a pennant argent, charged with a cross gules

a price asked for goods or services

price for goods or services

• our standard charge for a letter is £25

an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial

formal accusation in court

• he appeared in court on a charge of attempted murder

responsibility for the care or control of someone or something

responsibility for care

• the people in her charge are pupils and not experimental subjects

the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.

property responsible for electrical phenomena

a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon

quantity of explosive

• smaller charges, fired on three minute fuses lit by hand

a headlong rush forward, typically in attack

headlong rush in attack

• a cavalry charge

a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.

heraldic emblem