English
Noun
charge
- A load or burden
- The amount of money levied for a service
- An instruction
- An impetuous attack
- An electromagnetic state that creates an attraction for its opposite. A particle can be positively, negatively or neutrally charged.
- (Basketball): An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
Translations
- Russian: заряд
- Spanish: Recargar
Verb
charge
- To place a burden upon.
- To assign a duty to.
- I'm charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.
- To formally accuse of a crime.
- I'm charging you with grand theft auto.
- To assign a debit to an account.
- Let's charge this to marketing.
- To pay using a credit card .
- Can I charge this with my corporate card?
- To cause to take on an electric charge.
- Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
- To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
- (military) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (Basketball): To commit a charging foul.
- (Cricket): (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- To ready a firearm for use
- Charge your weapons, we're moving up
Related Terms
External Links
Wikipedia article on Charge
