English Dictionary

charge

/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/

verb

To assign a duty or responsibility to. / (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account. / (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.

The manager will charge John with the task of organizing the event.

意味（1）

To assign a duty or responsibility to.

Moses […] charged you to love the Lord your God.

意味（2）

(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.

Let's charge this to marketing.

意味（3）

(transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.

Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?

意味（4）

(transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).

to charge high for goods

意味（5）

(dated) To sell at a given price.

to charge coal at $5 per unit

意味（6）

(law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.

I'm charging you with assault and battery.

意味（7）

To impute or ascribe.

No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time.

意味（8）

To call to account; to challenge.

to charge me to an answer

意味（9）

To ornament with or cause to bear.

to charge an architectural member with a moulding

意味（10）

(heraldry) To assume as a bearing.

He charges three roses.

意味（11）

(heraldry) To add to or represent on.

He charges his shield with three roses or.

意味（12）

(transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.

Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.

意味（13）

(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.

He charged the battery overnight.

意味（14）

(intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.

The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet.

意味（15）

(military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.

The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.

意味（16）

(basketball) To commit a charging foul.

意味（17）

(cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.

意味（18）

(transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)