charge
[verb]
Synonyms:
- accuse, arraign, blame, impeach, incriminate, indict
- rush, assail, assault, attack, stampede, storm
- fill, load
- command, bid, commit, demand, entrust, instruct, order, require
[noun]
Synonyms:
- price, amount, cost, expenditure, expense, outlay, payment, rate, toll
- accusation, allegation, imputation, indictment
- rush, assault, attack, onset, onslaught, sortie, stampede
- care, custody, duty, office, responsibility, safekeeping, trust
- ward
- instruction, command, demand, direction, injunction, mandate, order, precept

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Antonyms: absolve
Contrasted words: excuse, forgive, pardon, remit, acquit
Related Idioms: bring (or prefer) charges
Related Words: ask, request, solicit, adjure, impugn, reprehend, reproach, business, devoir, place

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English Thesaurus: accusation, allegation, charge, indictment, accuse, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. charge¹ S1 W1 /tʃɑːdʒ $ tʃɑːrdʒ/ noun

1. PRICE [uncountable and countable] the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services
charge of
an admission charge of $5
charge for
There is a charge for the use of the swimming pool.
Guided tours are provided at no charge.
Your order will be sent free of charge (=with no cost).

2. CONTROL [uncountable] the position of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an activity
in charge (of something)
He asked to speak to the person in charge.
the officer in charge of the investigation
Stern put Travis in charge of (=gave him control of) the research team.
Owens came in and took charge of (=took control of) the situation.
A commander in each county was to have charge of the local militia.

3. SOMEBODY/SOMETHING YOU LOOK AFTER
a) be in/under sb’s charge if someone or something is in your charge, you are responsible for looking after them:
teachers that do their best for the children in their charge
The files were left in your charge.
b) [countable] formal someone that you are responsible for looking after:
Sarah bought some chocolate for her three young charges.

4. CRIME [countable] an official statement by the police that someone may be guilty of a crime
charge against
He was found guilty of all six charges against him.
charge of
Higgins is facing a charge of armed robbery.
on a charge (of something)
The following morning, he was arrested on a charge of burglary.

5. BLAME [countable] a written or spoken statement blaming someone for doing something bad or illegal Synonym : allegation
charge that
the charge that tobacco companies target young people with their ads
charge of
a charge of racial discrimination against the company
deny/counter a charge (=say that a charge is untrue)
Wallace denied charges that he had lied to investigators.
lay/leave yourself open to a charge of something (=be likely to be blamed for something)
The speech laid him open to charges of political bias.

6. ATTACK [countable] an attack in which soldiers or animals move towards someone or something very quickly

7. EFFORT lead the charge to make a strong effort to do something:
It was small businesses that led the charge against health care changes.

8. ELECTRICITY [uncountable] electricity that is put into a piece of electrical equipment such as a battery
on charge (=taking in a charge of electricity)
Leave the battery on charge all night.

9. EXPLOSIVE [countable] an explosive put into something such as a bomb or gun

10. STRENGTH OF FEELINGS [singular] the power of strong feelings:
Cases of child abuse have a strong emotional charge.

11. get a charge out of something American English spoken to be excited by something and enjoy it very much:
I got a real charge out of seeing my niece take her first steps.

12. AN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING [countable] formal an order to do something
charge to do something
The old servant fulfilled his master’s charge to care for the children.
⇒ reverse the charges at reverse¹(6)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. charge² S1 W2 verb
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: chargier, from Late Latin carricare, from Latin carrus; ⇒ car]

1. MONEY
a) [intransitive and transitive] to ask someone for a particular amount of money for something you are selling:
The hotel charges $125 a night.
charge somebody £10/$50 etc (for something)
The restaurant charged us £40 for the wine.
charge something at something
Calls will be charged at 44p per minute.
charge for
We won’t charge for delivery if you pay now.
charge rent/a fee/interest etc
The gallery charges an entrance fee.
b) charge something to sb’s account/room etc to record the cost of something on someone’s account, so that they can pay for it later:
Wilson charged the drinks to his room.
Use a courier and charge it to the department.
c) [transitive] American English to pay for something with a credit card
charge something on something
I charged the shoes on Visa.
‘How would you like to pay?’ ‘I’ll charge it.’

2. CRIME [transitive] to state officially that someone may be guilty of a crime
charge somebody with something
Gibbons has been charged with murder.

3. BLAME SOMEBODY [transitive] formal to say publicly that you think someone has done something wrong
charge that
Demonstrators have charged that the police used excessive force against them.

4. RUN [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to deliberately run or walk somewhere quickly
charge around/through/out etc
The boys charged noisily into the water.

5. ATTACK [intransitive and transitive] to deliberately rush quickly towards someone or something in order to attack them:
Then, with a final effort, our men charged the enemy for the last time.
charge at/towards/into
The bear charged towards her at full speed.

6. ELECTRICITY [intransitive and transitive] (also charge up) if a battery charges, or if you charge it, it takes in and stores electricity:
The shaver can be charged up.

7. ORDER SOMEBODY [transitive] formal to order someone to do something or make them responsible for it
charge somebody with doing something
The commission is charged with investigating war crimes.

8. GUN [transitive] old use to load a gun

9. GLASS [transitive] British English formal to fill a glass ⇒ charged

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

charge
noun
I. price asked for sth
ADJ. heavy, high | reasonable, small | minimum | fixed, standard | total | annual, daily, etc. | standing There is a quarterly standing charge.
additional, extra, further | admission, bank, call, call-out, cancellation, commission, cover, handling, hire, interest, maintenance, prescription, service
VERB + CHARGE impose, introduce, levy, make We make a small charge for wrapping your gift.
waive They agreed to waive the cancellation charges.
incur All cancellations incur a charge.
pay | increase | reduce | reverse the ~s (= when telephoning)
PREP. at a ~ This service is available at a nominal charge.
for a ~ The hotel operates a bus service to the village for a small charge.
~ for There is no charge for cashing traveller's cheques.
~ on a charge on company profits
PHRASES free of charge (= without any charge) The company will deliver free of charge.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charge
II. official statement accusing sb of a crime
ADJ. grave, serious | lesser, reduced He was found guilty on a reduced charge of assault.
baseless, false, trumped-up | civil, criminal, disciplinary | assault, corruption, drug/drugs, fraud, murder, etc.
VERB + CHARGE bring, file, lay, level, make Police have brought a charge of dangerous driving against the man.
bring, prefer, press (only used with charges) | drop, withdraw | answer, face She is almost certain to face criminal charges.
admit He has admitted the murder charge.
deny, dismiss, refute, reject The prime minister dismissed the charge that he had misled Parliament.
fabricate, trump up He accused the government of fabricating the charges for political reasons.
investigate | prove, substantiate The charges will be difficult to prove.
dismiss, throw out The court dismissed the charge against him.
CHARGE + VERB allege sth new charges alleging the misuse of funds
CHARGE + NOUN sheet At the police station a charge sheet was made out.
PREP. on a/the ~ She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.
without ~ to be detained/held/released without charge
~ against The charges against you have been dropped.
~ of a charge of armed robbery
~ relating to charges relating to the embezzlement of public funds
PHRASES bring/prefer/press charges (against sb) Many victims of crime are reluctant to press charges against their attackers.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charge
III. control
ADJ. overall The conductor has overall charge of the train.
personal She took personal charge of the files.
sole Stephen will resume sole charge for the time being.
temporary
VERB + CHARGE have | take We need somebody to take charge of the financial side.
resume | place/put sb in John has been put in charge of marketing.
PREP. in ~ (of sb/sth) I need to feel more in charge of my life.
in/under sb's ~ The child is under my charge until the mother returns from abroad.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charge
IV. sudden attack
ADJ. baton, cavalry They were driven back by a police baton charge.
VERB + CHARGE lead Allen led the charge, but could they get a goal back?
sound The bugle sounded the charge.
CHARGE + VERB drive sb back

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charge
verb
I. ask sb to pay money
ADV. directly
VERB + CHARGE be entitled to, be free to, have a right to Firms are free to charge whatever they like for their services.
PREP. against Research and development expenditure is charged against profits in the year it is incurred.
at Stamp Duty will be charged at one per cent.
for We don't charge for delivery.
on The bank charges a commission on all foreign currency transactions.
to The cost is charged directly to the profit and loss account.
PHRASES charge sth to sb's account £50 will be charged to your account.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charge
II. make an official accusation
ADV. formally | jointly The teenagers were jointly charged with attempted murder.
PREP. in connection with A man has been charged in connection with the attack.
with She has not yet been formally charged with the offence.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charge
III. rush/attack
ADV. headlong | around/round, in, out The children were all charging around outside.
PREP. at I was worried that the animal might charge at us.
down I heard the sound of feet charging down the stairs.
into She charged into the room.
out of, through, towards The rhino charged headlong towards us.
up

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charge

a small charge
For a small charge guests can use the hotel sauna.
an extra/additional charge
Breakfast may be served in your bedroom at no extra charge.
free of charge (=with no cost)
Delivery is free of charge.
sb’s charges are high/low (=you have to pay a lot/a little)
His charges are too high.
a fixed charge
There’s a fixed charge for having a dental check.
a nominal charge (=a very small amount of money)
You can use the tennis courts for a nominal charge.
a minimum charge (=an amount that is the least you can pay)
There’s a minimum charge of £10 per person in the Terrace restaurant.
a service charge (=for service in a hotel, restaurant etc)
The restaurant’s prices include a 10% service charge.
an admission charge (=for being allowed to enter a place)
There is no admission charge.
a call-out charge British English (=that you must pay a workman to come to your home)
The electrician said there is a £40 call-out charge.
a cancellation charge
If you change your flight booking, you may have to pay a cancellation charge.
a delivery charge
How much is the store’s delivery charge?
bank charges (=fees charged by a bank for some services)
You will have to pay bank charges if your account is overdrawn.
pay a charge
There will be a small charge to pay.
make a charge (=ask you to pay a charge)
We make no charge for this service.
incur a charge formal (=result in you paying a charge)
All cancellations incur a charge.
introduce/impose a charge
The government introduced a charge for water.
waive a charge (=allow you not to pay it)
I’ve asked the bank to waive the charge this time.
a murder/burglary/drugs etc charge
He appeared in court on fraud charges.
Robins was in jail awaiting trial on drugs charges.
criminal charges
The investigation resulted in criminal charges against three police officers.
a serious charge
Drinking and driving is a very serious charge.
a felony charge American English (=for a serious crime)
He pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of cocaine possession.
press/bring charges (=make someone be brought to court for a crime)
Sometimes the victim of an assault does not want to press charges.
face charges (=have been charged with a crime)
A farmer is facing charges of cruelty and neglect.
deny/admit a charge
All three men denied the charge of manslaughter.
plead guilty to a charge (=say formally in court that you are guilty)
The youth pleaded guilty to a charge of arson.
drop the charges (=decide not to go on with a court case)
The prosecution dropped the charges in 2005.
dismiss the charges (=say that a court case should not continue)
If there is insufficient evidence, the court will dismiss the charges.
be released without charge
She had been arrested twice and released without charge.
be convicted of/on a charge (=be judged to be guilty)
McCorley was convicted on a charge of assault.
be acquitted of/on a charge (=be judged to be not guilty)
Both men were acquitted of all charges.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

accusation a statement saying that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad:
The army has faced accusations of racism.
allegation a public statement accusing someone of doing something although it has not been proved:
He denied allegations that he received a bribe.
Police are investigating allegations of corruption.
charge an official statement by the police accusing someone of a crime and saying that they must go to court, or a statement saying that someone has done something bad, made by anyone:
He appeared in court on a murder charge.
She denied the charge that the article had been misleading.
indictment law especially American English an official written statement accusing someone of a crime so that they will be judged under the American legal system:
He is under indictment for credit card fraud.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

accuse to say that you believe that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad:
Two women have been accused of kidnapping a newborn baby.
Are you accusing me of lying?
allege /əˈledʒ/ to accuse someone of doing something, although this has not been proved:
He alleged that the other man had attacked him first.
charge if the police charge someone, they officially tell that person that they are believed to be guilty of a crime and that they must go to court:
She was charged with murder.
indict American English law to officially accuse someone of a crime so that they will be judged in court under the American legal system:
He was indicted on charges of fraud.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rent the amount you have to pay to live in or use a place that you do not own:
The rent on his apartment is $800 a month.
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.
cost a lot
Their hair products are really good but they cost a lot.
not cost much
Second hand clothes don’t cost much.
cost something per minute/hour/year etc
Calls cost only 2p per minute.
cost something per person
There’s a one-day course that costs £80 per person.
cost something per head (=per person)
The meal will cost about £20 per head.
not cost (somebody) a penny (=cost nothing)
Using the Internet, you can make phone calls that don’t cost a penny.
cost a fortune/cost the earth (=have a very high price)
If you use a lawyer, it will cost you a fortune.
cost a bomb/a packet British English (=have a very high price)
He has a new sports car that must have cost a bomb.
cost an arm and a leg (=have a price that is much too high)
A skiing holiday needn’t cost you an arm and a leg.
be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money:
These shoes were only £5.
be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something:
Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business:
The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something:
Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale:
The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction.
A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money:
A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount:
The bill came to £100 between four of us.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

rent to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc:
He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road.
They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.
hire British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time:
Why don't we hire a van for the day?
You can hire suits for weddings.
lease to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time :
They leased the offices from an American company.
The car is leased from BMW.
rent/rent something out to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equpiment, area of land etc in return for money:
She rents the flat out to students.
let/let something out to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money:
Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners.
They let the house out while they were on holiday.
lease/lease something out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time:
Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.
high
Rents in the city centre are very high.
low
Our workers get low rents and other advantages.
exorbitant (=extremely high)
Some landlords charge exorbitant rents.
fixed
The rent is fixed for three years.
affordable (=which people can easily pay)
The government plans to provide more homes at affordable rents.
the annual/monthly/weekly rent
Our annual rent is just over $15000.
ground rent British English (=rent paid to the owner of the land that a house, office etc is built on)
There is an additional ground rent of £30 per month.
a peppercorn rent British English (=an extremely low rent)
The colonel let us have the cottage for a peppercorn rent.
back rent (=rent you owe for an earlier period)
Mrs Carr said she is still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.
the rent is due (=it must be paid at a particular time)
The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
pay the rent
She couldn’t afford to pay the rent.
increase/raise the rent (also put up the rent British English)
The landlord wants to put up the rent.
fall behind with the rent/get behind on the rent (=fail to pay your rent on time)
You could be evicted if you fall behind with the rent.
collect the rent
His job is to collect the rents from the tenants.
the rent increases/goes up
The rent has gone up by over 50% in the last two years.
a rent increase
How can they justify such big rent increases?
rent arrears British English (=money that you owe because you have not paid your rent)
The most common debts were rent arrears.
a rent book British English (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent)
cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:
My five-year-old son runs everywhere.
I go running twice a week.
jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:
A few people were jogging in the park.
race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:
He dashed across the road to the police station.
We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:
I saw the runners sprinting past.
He sprinted up the stairs.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
He tore down the street and around the corner.
charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.
Dennis charged through the door into my office.
take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:
I legged it before the cops came.
lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:
John loped across the street to meet me.
trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:
A little dog was trotting behind her.
gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:
The horse galloped off across the field.
bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:
Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

charge
tʃɑ:dʒ
See: carrying charge , charge off(2) , in charge , in charge of , take charge

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲