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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: charge n 1: an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" 2: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: {charge}, {complaint}] 3: the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge" 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" [syn: {charge}, {electric charge}] 5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: {care}, {charge}, {tutelage}, {guardianship}] 6: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" [syn: {mission}, {charge}, {commission}] 7: a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street" 8: financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" 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" [syn: {cathexis}, {charge}] 10: 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}, {charge}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}] 11: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" [syn: {charge}, {billing}] 12: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: {commission}, {charge}, {direction}] 13: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" [syn: {accusation}, {charge}] 14: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield [syn: {charge}, {bearing}, {heraldic bearing}, {armorial bearing}] 15: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" [syn: {charge}, {burster}, {bursting charge}, {explosive charge}] v 1: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" [syn: {charge}, {bear down}] 2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" [syn: {charge}, {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: {charge}, {bill}] 4: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: {tear}, {shoot}, {shoot down}, {charge}, {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}, {charge}] 6: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: {charge}, {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}, {charge}] 11: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" [syn: {consign}, {charge}] 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}, {charge}, {commove}, {excite}, {charge up}] [ant: {calm}, {calm down}, {lull}, {quiet}, {quieten}, {still}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillise}, {tranquillize}] 15: place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners" 16: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" [syn: {load}, {charge}] 17: direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" [syn: {charge}, {level}, {point}] 18: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: {charge}, {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}, {charge}] 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"