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    [Verb]  | "charge" | \ ˈchärj \


    1: to fix or ask as fee or payment

    2: to ask payment of (a person)

    3: to record (an item) as an expense, debt, obligation, or liability


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English chargen "to load, burden, trouble, accuse, impose a duty on, tax, call to account, attach importance to," borrowed from Anglo-French charger, carger, carker (also continental Old French), going back to Late Latin carricāre "to load onto a cart, transport," from carrum "vehicle, cart" + -icāre, verb formative ;

    [Noun]  | "charge" 


    1: the price demanded for something

    2: a debit to an account

    3: expense, cost


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, "load, cargo, burden, encumbrance, duty, concern, significance, order, accusation, impost," borrowed from Anglo-French, noun derivative of charger "to load, burden, accuse" {mat|charge:1|};

    [Noun]  | "banzai charge" 


    1: banzai attack

    2: a determined often reckless act


    Origin: 1942 ;

    [Noun]  | "carrying charge" 


    1: expense incident to ownership or use of property

    2: a charge added to the price of merchandise sold on the installment plan


    Origin: 1914 ;

    [Idiom]  | "bring charges against" 


    1: to charge (someone) with a crime

    [Idiom]  | "bring charges" 


    1: to formally accuse someone of a crime

    [Idiom]  | "face charges" 


    1: to be formally accused of a crime

    [Idiom]  | "lay charges" 


    1: to accuse someone officially of doing something illegal

    [Idiom]  | "press charges" 


    1: to take legal action against someone : to officially accuse someone of a crime

    [Idiom]  | "reverse the charges" 


    1: to arrange to have the cost of a phone call paid by the person who is called

    [Noun]  | "charges" 


    1: a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person;


      * e.g., " ... charges of burglary and armed robbery that have yet to be proved "



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    2: a specific task with which a person or group is charged;


      * e.g., " ... your charge is to keep everyone else organized and busy "



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    3: a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned;


      * e.g., " ... we've received an official charge about how to handle the situation "



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    [Noun]  | "charge" 


    1: a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person;


      * e.g., " ... charges of burglary and armed robbery that have yet to be proved "



    •  Antonyms : 

    • (N/A)





    2: a specific task with which a person or group is charged;


      * e.g., " ... your charge is to keep everyone else organized and busy "



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    3: a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned;


      * e.g., " ... we've received an official charge about how to handle the situation "



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    [Noun]  | "chargés d'affaires" 


    [Noun]  | "carrying charges" 


    [Noun]  | "service charges" 


    [Noun]  | "countercharges" 


    [Verb]  | "charges" 


    1: to set or receive as a price;


      * e.g., " ... any shop would charge $100 to repair that thing "





    2: to establish or apply as a charge or penalty;


      * e.g., " ... charges a restocking fee for returned merchandise "





    3: to give a task, duty, or responsibility to;


      * e.g., " ... we're charging you with the care of your little sister while we're gone for the evening "





    [Verb]  | "charge" 


    1: to set or receive as a price;


      * e.g., " ... any shop would charge $100 to repair that thing "





    2: to establish or apply as a charge or penalty;


      * e.g., " ... charges a restocking fee for returned merchandise "





    3: to give a task, duty, or responsibility to;


      * e.g., " ... we're charging you with the care of your little sister while we're gone for the evening "





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