Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - discharge
Discharge
discharge
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a let go, release, esp. from a duty, commitment, or period of confinement. b relieve (a bankrupt) of residual liability. 2 tr. dismiss from office, employment, army commission, etc. 3 tr. a fire (a gun etc.). b (of a gun etc.) fire (a bullet etc.). 4 a tr. (also absol.) pour out or cause to pour out (pus, liquid, etc.) (the wound was discharging). b tr. throw; eject (discharged a stone at the cat). c tr. utter (abuse etc.). d intr. (foll. by into) (of a river etc.) flow into (esp. the sea). 5 tr. a carry out, perform (a duty or obligation). b relieve oneself of (a financial commitment) (discharged his debt). 6 tr. Law cancel (an order of court). 7 tr. Physics release an electrical charge from. 8 tr. a relieve (a ship etc.) of its cargo. b unload (a cargo) from a ship. --n. 1 the act or an instance of discharging; the process of being discharged. 2 a dismissal, esp. from the armed services. 3 a a release, exemption, acquittal, etc. b a written certificate of release etc. 4 an act of firing a gun etc. 5 a an emission (of pus, liquid, etc.). b the liquid or matter so discharged. 6 (usu. foll. by of) a the payment (of a debt). b the performance (of a duty etc.). 7 Physics a the release of a quantity of electric charge from an object. b a flow of electricity through the air or other gas esp. when accompanied by the emission of light. c the conversion of chemical energy in a cell into electrical energy. 8 the unloading (of a ship or a cargo). Derivatives dischargeable adj. discharger n. (in sense 7 of v.). Etymology: ME f. OF descharger (as DIS-, CHARGE)
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I. verb see: charge Date: 14th century transitive verb to relieve of a charge, load, or burden:, unload , to release from an obligation, to release electrical energy from (as a battery or capacitor) by a ~, 2. to let or put off , shoot , to release from confinement, custody, or care , to give outlet or vent to ; emit , 3. a. to dismiss from employment, to release from service or duty , to get rid of (as a debt or obligation) by performing an appropriate action (as payment), to set aside ; annul, to order (a legislative committee) to end consideration of a bill in order to bring it before the house for action, to bear and distribute (as the weight of a wall above an opening), to bleach out or remove (color or dye) in dyeing and printing textiles, to cancel the record of the loan of (a library book) upon return, intransitive verb 1. to throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden, to release electrical energy by a ~, 2. go off, fire, spread, run , to pour forth fluid or other contents, see: perform ~able adjective ~e noun ~r noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of relieving of something that oppresses ; release, something that ~s or releases, the state of being ~d or relieved, the act of discharging or unloading, legal release from confinement, a firing off, 6. a flowing or issuing out , something that is emitted , the act of removing an obligation or liability, 8. release or dismissal especially from an office or employment, complete separation from military service, 9. the equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points, the conversion of the chemical energy of a battery into electrical energy ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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