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'charge' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'charge' with 20 example sentences.

charge noun

: an impetuous rush toward someone or something

: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

: the price charged for some article or service

: the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

: attention and management implying responsibility for safety

: a special assignment that is given to a person or group

: a person committed to your care

: financial liabilities (such as a tax)

: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

: the swift release of a store of affective force

: request for payment of a debt

: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

charge verb

: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

: demand payment

: move quickly and violently

: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

: file a formal charge against

: make an accusatory claim

: fill or load to capacity

: enter a certain amount as a charge

: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

: give over to another for care or safekeeping

: pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

: lie down on command, of hunting dogs

: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

: place a heraldic bearing on

: provide (a device) with something necessary

: direct into a position for use

: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

: instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

: instruct or command with authority

: attribute responsibility to

: set or ask for a certain price

: cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

: saturate

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  • I need to charge my cell phone.
  • Electrons have a negative electric charge.
  • Did you charge the battery of your mobile phone?
  • Dan was arrested and charged with rape.
  • The DNA test cleared him of all charges.
  • Can I charge my phone in the lobby?
  • My client has been charged with murder.
  • Charging the electric car takes a very long time.
  • You're the person in charge, aren't you?
  • Are we being charged with something?
  • He was in charge of maintenance at the chocolate factory.
  • I wasn't charged with anything.
  • Who's in charge of the school kitchen?
  • There's an extra charge for breakfast.
  • Does the price of the room include the service charges?
  • Everybody else charges more than you do.
  • The solar panels charge the batteries during the day.
  • Is the battery fully charged?
  • I've been put in charge of this project.
  • The parking lot is free of charge.

    • Words related to 'charge'

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