charging
verb
- 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)
noun
- 1
An act or process of charging (as of a battery).
- 2
An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
“Smith is called for charging, and the Nimrods will get the ball.”
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