Word: charge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɑːd͡ʒ], /ˈt͡ʃäːd͡ʒ/, [ˈt͡ʃʰäːd͡ʒ], /ˈt͡ʃɐːd͡ʒ/ 1. To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order. Example: Moses […] charged you to love the Lord your God. Example: Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. 2. To assign (a debit) to an account. Labels: transitive Example: Let's charge this to marketing. 3. To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.). Labels: ambitransitive Example: to charge high for goods Example: I won't charge you for the wheat. 4. To pay on account, as by using a credit card. Labels: US, transitive Example: Can I charge my purchase to my credit card? Example: Can I charge this purchase? 5. To sell (something) at a given price. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to charge coal at $5 per unit 6. To formally accuse (a person) of a crime. Labels: transitive Example: I'm charging you with assault and battery. 7. To mortgage (a property). Labels: transitive 8. To impute or ascribe. Example: No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time. Example: He lacked the art of wounding with the sword, and in any case his critics charged that he shrank from steel; but his invective was worthy of Demosthenes and his words drew blood. 9. To call to account; to challenge. Example: to charge me to an answer 10. To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. Labels: transitive Example: the charging of children's memories[…] with rules Example: [H]er grandfather […] charged her as she valued her life never to mention that again […] 11. To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. Labels: transitive Example: to charge an architectural member with a moulding 12. To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. Labels: transitive Example: He charges three roses. 13. To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. Labels: transitive Example: He charges his shield with three roses or. Example: Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster. 14. 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. Labels: transitive Example: Charge your weapons; we're moving up. Example: their battering cannon charged to the mouths 15. 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. Labels: transitive Example: Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly. 16. 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. Labels: transitive Example: He charged the battery overnight. Example: Don't forget to charge the drill. 17. 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. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet. Example: His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever. 18. To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. Labels: intransitive Example: Faced with an enemy whose largest gun turrets weigh more than the entire ship, Johnston decides that running is boring, and instead pulls a full 180-degree turn and charges straight back at the attacking forces. 19. To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines. Example: My Lord, we haue diſcouered the enemie Readie to Charge you with a mightie army. 20. To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. Labels: intransitive 21. To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. Labels: intransitive 22. To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog) Labels: transitive