Definitions
How to pronounce charges:
Charges - as a noun
An impetuous rush toward someone or something
Example: "The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
Example: "He was arrested on a charge of larceny"
The price charged for some article or service
Example: "The admission charge"
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The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
Example: "The battery needed a fresh charge"
Attention and management implying responsibility for safety
Example: "He is in the care of a bodyguard"
A special assignment that is given to a person or group
Example: "A confidential mission to london"
A person committed to your care
Example: "The teacher led her charges across the street"
Financial liabilities (such as a tax)
Example: "The charges against the estate"
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
Example: "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
The swift release of a store of affective force
Example: "They got a great bang out of it"
Request for payment of a debt
Example: "They submitted their charges at the end of each month"
A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Example: "The judge's charge to the jury"
An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
Example: "The newspaper published charges that jones was guilty of drunken driving"
Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
Example: "This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
Charges - as a verb
To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
Example: "He saw jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
Example: "He charged the director with indifference"
Demand payment
Example: "Will i get charged for this service?"
Move quickly and violently
Example: "The car tore down the street"
Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
Example: "He was appointed deputy manager"
File a formal charge against
Example: "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
Make an accusatory claim
Example: "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
Fill or load to capacity
Example: "Charge the wagon with hay"
Enter a certain amount as a charge
Example: "He charged me $15"
Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
Example: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"
Give over to another for care or safekeeping
Example: "Consign your baggage"
Pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
Example: "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"
Lie down on command, of hunting dogs
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Example: "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
Place a heraldic bearing on
Example: "Charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
Provide (a device) with something necessary
Example: "He loaded his gun carefully"
Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Example: "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
Instruct or command with authority
Example: "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
Set or ask for a certain price
Example: "How much do you charge for lunch?"
Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
Example: "Charge a conductor"
Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
Example: "I need to charge my car battery"
Saturate
Example: "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
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Word Game Points
CHARGES has a SCRABBLE points total of 13.
CHARGES has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
CHARGES has a WORDFEUD points total of 15.
