| 单词 | to charge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto charge 18. to charge (a sum or price): extracted from chargev. a. To impose as a liability of pecuniary charge (on an estate or income). ΚΠ 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 319 The debts were not..charged upon the real estate. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. iv. 138 Whether it [the tax] should be charged indifferently on all incomes. 1874 Act 37 & 38 Vic. c. 3. §9 Moneys to be charged on the revenues of India. b. To impose, claim, demand, or state as the price or sum due for anything. ΚΠ 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 34 I myself saw 3s. charged in his bill for wine. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxviii. 376 Do you think we ought to charge two-pence this time? 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. 115 [The price] she charged for her eggs. 1889 N.E.D. at Charge Mod. How much do you charge for these? c. absol. To make a (pecuniary) charge. ΚΠ a1843 R. Southey Devil's Walk 46 If he charges at this rate for all things. 1867 Mrs. H. Wood Orville Coll. I. ix. 206 I could not charge..please say no more about payment. d. With double object (combining 17 and 18): to charge a person a certain sum (for a service or thing sold). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > impose as a charge to charge1850 to put on1879 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. x. 147 Charging his customers, too..high prices. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 113 If every depositor of a pound were liable to be charged 2 per cent. for lightness. 1889 N.E.D. at Charge Mod. He charged me a shilling for the operation. They were charged five shillings a head for dinner. to charge 19. to charge (a thing sold or offered for sale): extracted from chargev. a. To lay the liability of payment for (a thing) on a person; to put as a charge to or against (his account). Also const. on. Frequently U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > a person spend1590 debit1682 tax1846 to chargea1889 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > enter in an account > debit debit1682 to chargea1889 a1889 Mod. To whom are the cigars to be charged? Charge these to my account (or against me). 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 231 Have you been charging things at stores again? 1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 209 She could charge her clothes and sign cheques in restaurants. 1966 New Yorker 22 Oct. 20 (advt.) Charge everything from a surfboard to a luau on your American Express Credit Card. b. To put a price on; to rate. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > set or fix price (of) loveOE prizea1325 setc1420 make1423 cheapa1464 price1471 ratify1511 to set up?1529 apprize1533 rate1599 to set down1599 pitch1624 tax1846 to charge1889 sale-price1959 1889 N.E.D. at Charge Mod. He charges coal at 8d. a cwt. (= He charges 8d...for coal; cf. 18 b). < as lemmas |
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