charge
     n 1: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
          "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: {complaint}]
     2: the price charged for some article or service; "the
        admission charge"
     3: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;
        "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of
        drunken driving" [syn: {accusation}]
     4: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges
        at the end of each month" [syn: {billing}]
     5: a impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the
        wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the
        battle began with a cavalry charge"
     6: the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either
        positive or negative) and construed as an excess or
        deficiency of electrons; "the battery needed a fresh
        charge" [syn: {electric charge}]
     7: financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against
        the estate"
     8: a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her
        charges across the street"
     9: attention and management implying responsibility for safety;
        "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: {care}, {tutelage},
         {guardianship}]
     10: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a
         confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver
         a message" [syn: {mission}, {commission}]
     11: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do
         something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: {commission},
          {direction}]
     12: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this
         cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" [syn: {burster},
          {bursting charge}, {explosive charge}]
     13: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
         great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick
         rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn:
          {bang}, {boot}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}]
     14: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea
         or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a
         psychic analog of an electrical charge" [syn: {cathexis}]
     15: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a
         shield [syn: {bearing}, {heraldic bearing}, {armorial
         bearing}]
     v 1: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he
          saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" [syn: {bear
          down}]
     2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior
        against; "he charged me director with indifference" [syn:
        {accuse}]
     3: demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We
        were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed
        only 3 nights" [syn: {bill}]
     4: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
        "He came charging into my office" [syn: {tear}, {shoot}, {shoot
        down}, {buck}]
     5: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was
        appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with
        supervising the creation of a concordance" [syn: {appoint}]
     6: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with
        murdering his wife" [syn: {lodge}, {file}]
     7: make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that
        the jurors were biased"
     8: fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay" [ant:
        {discharge}]
     9: enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"
     10: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
         the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
         committed to prison" [syn: {commit}, {institutionalize},
         {institutionalise}, {send}]
     11: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your
         baggage" [syn: {consign}]
     12: pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone
         payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay
         cash or charge the purchase?" [ant: {pay cash}]
     13: lie down on command, of hunting dogs
     14: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker
         charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn:
          {agitate}, {rouse}, {turn on}, {commove}, {excite}, {charge
         up}] [ant: {calm}]
     15: place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields,
         and banners"
     16: provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully" [syn: {load}]
     17: direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged
         his weapon at me" [syn: {level}, {point}]
     18: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged
         her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
         [syn: {saddle}, {burden}]
     19: instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the
         weighing of evidence
     20: instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the
         children to memorize the poem"
     21: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on
         her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn:
          {blame}]
     22: set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for
         lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
     23: cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge
         a conductor"
     24: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the
         direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car
         battery"
     25: saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
Source: WordNet® 2.0