Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - charge
Charge
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a ask (an amount) as a price (charges {pound}5 a ticket). b ask (a person) for an amount as a price (you forgot to charge me). 2 tr. a (foll. by to, up to) debit the cost of to (a person or account) (charge it to my account; charge it up to me). b debit (a person or an account) (bought a new car and charged the company). 3 tr. a (often foll. by with) accuse (of an offence) (charged him with theft). b (foll. by that + clause) make an accusation that. 4 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) instruct or urge. 5 (foll. by with) a tr. entrust with. b refl. undertake. 6 a intr. make a rushing attack; rush headlong. b tr. make a rushing attack on; throw oneself against. 7 tr. (often foll. by up) a give an electric charge to (a body). b store energy in (a battery). 8 tr. (often foll. by with) load or fill (a vessel, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent. 9 tr. (usu. as charged adj.) a (foll. by with) saturated with (air charged with vapour). b (usu. foll. by with) pervaded (with strong feelings etc.) (atmosphere charged with emotion; a charged atmosphere). --n. 1 a a price asked for goods or services. b a financial liability or commitment. 2 an accusation, esp. against a prisoner brought to trial. 3 a a task, duty, or commission. b care, custody, responsible possession. c a person or thing entrusted; a minister's congregation. 4 a an impetuous rush or attack, esp. in a battle. b the signal for this. 5 the appropriate amount of material to be put into a receptacle, mechanism, etc. at one time, esp. of explosive for a gun. 6 a a property of matter that is a consequence of the interaction between its constituent particles and exists in a positive or negative form, causing electrical phenomena. b the quantity of this carried by a body. c energy stored chemically for conversion into electricity. d the process of charging a battery. 7 an exhortation; directions, orders. 8 a burden or load. 9 Heraldry a device; a bearing. Phrases and idioms charge account US a credit account at a shop etc. charge card a credit card for which the account must be paid in full when a statement is issued. charge-hand Brit. a worker, ranking below a foreman, in charge of others on a particular job. charge-nurse Brit. a nurse in charge of a ward etc. charge-sheet Brit. a record of cases and charges made at a police station. free of charge gratis. give a person in charge hand a person over to the police. in charge having command. lay to a person's charge accuse a person of. put a person on a charge charge a person with a specified offence. return to the charge begin again, esp. in argument. take charge (often foll. by of) assume control or direction. Derivatives chargeable adj. Etymology: ME f. OF charger f. LL car(ri)care load f. L carrus CAR CHARGER 1. n. 1 a a cavalry horse. b poet. any horse. 2 an apparatus for charging a battery. 3 a person or thing that charges. 2. n. archaic a large flat dish. Etymology: ME f. AF chargeour
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from ~r Date: 13th century 1. a material load or weight, a figure borne on a heraldic field, 2. the quantity that an apparatus is intended to receive and fitted to hold, the quantity of explosive used in a single dis~, a store or accumulation of impelling force , a definite quantity of electricity, thrill, kick , 3. obligation, requirement, management, supervision , the ecclesiastical jurisdiction (as a parish) committed to a clergyman, a person or thing committed to the care of another, 4. instruction, command, instruction in points of law given by a court to a jury, 5. expense, cost , the price demanded for something , a debit to an account , the record of a loan (as of a book from a library), an interest in property granted as security for a loan, 6. a formal assertion of illegality , a statement of complaint or hostile criticism , 7. a. a violent rush forward (as to attack) , the signal for attack , a usually illegal rush into an opponent in various sports (as basketball), II. verb (~d; charging) see: car Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to lay or put a load on or in ; load, b. to place a ~ (as of powder) in, to load or fill to capacity, c. to restore the active materials in (a storage battery) by the passage of a direct current through in the opposite direction to that of dis~, to give an electric ~ to , d. to assume as a heraldic bearing, to place a heraldic bearing on, to fill or furnish fully , electrify 2 , 2. to impose a task or responsibility on , to command, instruct, or exhort with authority , to give a ~ to (a jury), 3. to make an assertion against especially by ascribing guilt or blame , to place the guilt or blame for , to assert as an accusation , 4. to bring (a weapon) into position for attack ; level , to rush against ; attack, 5. a. to impose a financial burden on , to impose or record as financial obligation , b. to fix or ask as fee or payment , to ask payment of (a person) , to record (an item) as an expense, debt, obligation, or liability , intransitive verb...Толковый словарь английского языка
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