charge

/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ//t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ/

noun

1
The amount of money levied for a service.
“There will be a charge of five dollars.”
2
A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
“Pickett did not die leading his famous charge.”
3
A forceful forward movement.
4
An accusation.
“That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.”
5
An electric charge.
6
The scope of someone's responsibility.
“The child was in the nanny's charge.”
7
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.”
8
A load or burden; cargo.
“The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.”
9
An instruction.
“I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.”
10
An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
11
A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
12
An image displayed on an escutcheon.
13
A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
“to bring a weapon to the charge”
14
A sort of plaster or ointment.
15
Weight; import; value.
16
A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
17
An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.

1
To assign a duty or responsibility to
2
To assign (a debit) to an account
“Let's charge this to marketing.”
3
To pay on account, as by using a credit card
“Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?”
4
To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.)
“I won't charge you for the wheat”
5
(possibly archaic) to sell at a given price.
“to charge coal at $5 per unit”
6
To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
“I'm charging you with assault and battery.”
7
To impute or ascribe
8
To call to account; to challenge
9
To place a burden or load on or in
10
To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials
“Charge your weapons; we're moving up.”
11
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback
12
(of a hunting dog) to lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog)

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