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noun : CHARGES
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" ;
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2. (
) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" ;
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3. (
) the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge" ;
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4. (
) 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" ;
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5. (
) attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" ;
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6. (
) a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" ;
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7. (
) a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street" ;
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8. (
) financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" ;
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9. (
) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" ;
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12. (
) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" ;
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13. (
) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" ;
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14. (
) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield ;
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15. (
) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" ;
verb : CHARGES
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" ;
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4. (
) move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" ;
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7. (
) make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" ;
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8. (
) fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay" ;
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9. (
) enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15" ;
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10. (
) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" ;
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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?" ;
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13. (
) lie down on command, of hunting dogs ;
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15. (
) place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners" ;
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19. (
) instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence ;
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20. (
) instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" ;
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22. (
) set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" ;
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23. (
) cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor" ;
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24. (
) energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery" ;
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25. (
) saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" ;
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