chargeverb
uk/tʃɑːdʒ/us/tʃɑːrdʒ/charge verb (MONEY)
B1 [ T or I ] to ask an amount of money for something, especially a service or activity:
to record an amount that a customer has spent for them to pay at a later time, according to an agreement between a business and the customer:
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- How much do you charge for hiring out a bicycle for a week?
- He charges anywhere from $20 to $50 for a haircut and blow-dry.
- The restaurant charges shockingly high prices for its food.
- My plumber charges £20 an hour.
- The policy of charging air travellers for vegetarian meals proved unpopular.
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Bills & invoices
- bill
- billing
- chit
- claim form
- counterfoil
- credit note
- order
- passbook
- payslip
- pro forma
- sales slip
- stamp
- tab
- tariff
- ticket
- ticketless
- toll
- tolled
- Treasury bond
- voucher
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charge verb (ACCUSE FORMALLY)
B2 [ T ] (of the police) to make a formal statement saying that someone is accused of a crime:
formal to publicly accuse someone of doing something bad:
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- Two sisters have been charged with murder.
- He tried to run away from the police and was charged with resisting arrest.
- He was charged with driving 75 mph in a 55 mph zone.
- Several England supporters were arrested and charged with disturbing the peace after the match.
- Six rugby internationals were charged with taking drugs to improve their performance.
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Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- condemnation
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
- thank sb for sth idiom
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charge verb (MOVE FORWARD)
B2 [ I or T ] to move forward quickly and violently, especially towards something that has caused difficulty or anger:
[ I + adv/prep ] informal to hurry from one place to another:
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- The children charged in, demanding ice cream.
- As the protesters drew nearer, the soldiers charged.
- Stop charging around - you'll wear yourself out!
- The herd of rhinos charged towards us.
- Crowds of demonstrators charged police lines.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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charge verb (EXPLOSIVE)
[ T ] to put enough explosive into a gun to fire it once
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- cock
- crossfire
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- plug
- point-blank
- potshot
- shoot
- shooter
- shooting gallery
- shot
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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charge verb (ORDER)
[ T often passive ] formal to order someone to do something:
[ T ] US specialized law When a judge charges a jury, he or she explains the details of the law to them.
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- bade
- boss
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- ordain
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
- steamroller
- stick
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charge verb (SUPPLY ENERGY)
B2 [ I or T ] to put electricity into an electrical device such as a battery:
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electrical
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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chargenoun
uk/tʃɑːdʒ/us/tʃɑːrdʒ/charge noun (MONEY)
B1 [ C or U ] the amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity or service:
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- Adults pay an admission charge but children get in free.
- Although long-distance phone calls are going up, the charge for local calls will not alter.
- Interest charges on an overdraft are usually quite high.
- Prescription charges are rising in June.
- I just want a basic bank account with low charges.
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Costs & expenses
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- compensation
- corkage
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- expense
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- sticker price
- stoppage
- worth
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charge noun (FORMAL ACCUSATION)
C1 [ C ] specialized law a formal police statement saying that someone is accused of a crime:
[ C ] formal the act of accusing someone of something bad:
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- The company pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter.
- The charge of murder was altered to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
- Both men vehemently denied the charges against them.
- Criminal charges will be brought against the driver of the lorry.
- Simson, aged 19, was convicted on two charges of burglary.
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Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- condemnation
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
- thank sb for sth idiom
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charge noun (CONTROL)
B1 being the person who has control of or is responsible for someone or something:
B2 [ U ] responsibility for controlling or caring for something:
[ C ] old-fashioned a person, especially a child, who is in your care and who you are responsible for
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Duty, obligation and responsibility
- accountable
- answer for sb/sth
- answer for sth
- answer to sb
- answerable
- commitment
- fail
- have sth on your hands idiom
- I am not my brother's keeper idiom
- in the hot seat idiom
- incharge
- it's your own lookout idiom
- portfolio
- responsibility
- responsible
- risk
- saddle sb with sth
- shoulder
- social contract
- stick
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charge noun (EXPLOSIVE)
[ C ] the amount of explosive to be fired at one time, or the bullet or other explosive object shot from a gun
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Bombs & missiles
- atom bomb
- ballistic
- ballistic missile
- ballistics
- bomblet
- firebomb
- frag bomb
- fragmentation bomb
- grenade
- guided missile
- minefield
- missile
- Molotov cocktail
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- silo
- smart bomb
- smoke bomb
- surface-to-air missile
- time bomb
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charge noun (MOVE FORWARD)
[ C ] an attack in which people or animals suddenly run forward:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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charge noun (ORDER)
[ C ] formal an order to do something
charge noun (SUPPLY ENERGY)
[ C usually singular ] the amount of electricity that an electrical device stores or that a substance carries
If something is on charge, you are putting an amount of electricity into it:
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electrical
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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