charge

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Synonyms: change, charme, chare, chargé, charre, charte, charg, charde, charee, chargee, charle

Antonyms: change, charme, chare, chargé, charre, charte, charg, charde, charee, chargee, charle

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. The amount of money [[levy|levied]] for a [[service]].
2. {{lb|en|military}} An [[attack]] in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
3. A [[forceful]] [[forward]] [[movement]].
4. {{senseid|en|accusation}} An [[accusation]].
5. {{lb|en|electromagnetism|chemistry|physics|countable|uncountable}} An [[electric charge]].
6. The scope of someone's [[responsibility]].
7. Someone or something [[entrust]]ed to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
8. A [[load]] or [[burden]]; [[cargo]].
9. An [[instruction]].
10. {{lb|en|property law}} A [[mortgage]].
11. {{lb|en|basketball}} An [[offensive foul]] in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
12. {{lb|en|firearms}} A measured amount of [[powder]] and/or [[shot]] in a [[cartridge]].

Verb

1. To [[assign]] a [[duty]] or [[responsibility]] to; to order.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To assign (a [[debit]]) to an [[account]].
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[require]] [[payment]] (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
4. {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|US}} To [[pay]] [[on account]], {{non-gloss|as}} by using a [[credit card]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To [[sell]] (something) at a given [[price]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|criminal law|police}} To [[formal]]ly [[accuse]] (a person) of a [[crime]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive|property law}} To [[mortgage]] (a property).
8. To [[impute]] or [[ascribe]].
9. To [[call to account]]; to [[challenge]].
10. {{lb|en|transitive}} To place a [[burden]], [[load]] or [[responsibility]] on or in.
11. {{lb|en|transitive}} To load equipment with material required for its use, as a [[firearm]] with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move [[forward]] [[quick]]ly and [[force]]fully, particularly in [[combat]] and/or on [[horseback]].

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