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Charging

/ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/

To assign a duty or responsibility to

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📖 Definitions of "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"

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."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Charging"

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Word	Definition
consignverb	(transitive, business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
commissionverb	A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
missionverb	(intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.
appointverb	(transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
billingnoun	The tracking of bills and amounts owed; the department within an institution or business that deals with the tracking of bills and amounts owed.
guardianshipnoun	The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
tutelagenoun	Instruction; teaching; guidance; being a tutor.
institutionalizeverb	To establish as a normal practice.
sendverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
commitverb	(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
bearingnoun	(in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
fileverb	(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
pointverb	(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
accusationnoun	The act of accusing.
accuseverb	(transitive, law, followed by "of") To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
levelverb	(transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
bear downverb	(intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
charge upverb	(transitive) To recharge, to give electrical power to something.
loadverb	(transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
burdenverb	(transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.