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.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The amount of money levied for a service.
There will be a charge of five dollars.
There is a cancellation charge if you withdraw your order.
(countable, uncountable) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade
(countable, uncountable) A forceful forward movement.
Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC:
(countable, uncountable) An accusation. ▸ An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
"Ain't gone be no Rikers Island for you next time," I warned him. "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time." 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108:
two charges of manslaughter
(countable, uncountable) An accusation. ▸ An accusation by a person or organization.
we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge; 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 261a:
A charge often leveled against organic agriculture is that it is more philosophy than science. 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 150:
That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
(countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
(countable, uncountable) The scope of someone's responsibility.
He had the key of a closet in which the moneys of this fund were kept, but the outer key of the vault, of which the closet formed part, was in the charge of another person. 1848 April 24, John K. Kane, opinion, United States v. Hutchison, as reported in The Pennsylvania law Journal, June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 http://books.google.com/books?id=Pz-TAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA366&dq=key
The child was in the nanny's charge.
(countable, uncountable) Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
The child was a charge of the nanny.
(countable, uncountable) A load or burden; cargo.
The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
(countable, uncountable) An instruction.
I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
(countable, uncountable) A mortgage.
(countable, uncountable) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
(countable, uncountable) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
(broadly, countable, uncountable) A measured amount of explosive.
Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
Near-synonym: emblem
(countable, uncountable) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
to bring a weapon to the charge
(countable, uncountable) A sort of plaster or ointment.
many suchlike as's of great charge c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
(countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
(countable, uncountable) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
It had been a false alarm, and £2 worth of charge (marijuana) had gone out of the window. 1970, Sean O'Callaghan, Drug Addiction in Britain, page 51:
At about the same time I went off pills and started smoking charge marijuana, you know. 1966, Alan Bestic, Turn Me on Man, page 58:
it carico (military: ground attack) · vi trách nhiệm (scope of responsibility) · pl szarża (military: ground attack) · ko 짐 (load or burden) · mi whakapā hē (accusation) · nl lading (load or burden) · es cobro (amount of money levied for a service) · it prezzo (amount of money levied for a service) · nb utfall (forceful forward movement) · hu feladat (instruction) · de Ladung (electric charge) · pl opłata (amount of money levied for a service) · la sumptus (amount of money levied for a service) · it carica (position of a weapon fitted for attack) · hu vádemelés (accusation) · ko 명령 (instruction) · ca càrrega (military: ground attack) · ga táille (amount of money levied for a service) · de Rempeln (basketball: offensive foul) · da angreb (military: ground attack) · ka იტენება (electric charge) · cy gwefr (electric charge) · mk полнење (electric charge) · hu eljárás (accusation) · sv pris (amount of money levied for a service) · fi törmäysvirhe (basketball: offensive foul) · sv kostnad (amount of money levied for a service) · fr meuble (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · hi अभियोग (accusation) · sk obvinenie (accusation) · fi veloitus (amount of money levied for a service) · fi tunnus (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · cmn 負載 /负载 (load or burden) · mk бреме (load or burden) · cmn 電荷 /电荷 (electric charge) · sv beskyllning (accusation) · hu díj (amount of money levied for a service) · sv åtal (accusation) · hu feltöltés (electric charge) · fa بار الکتریکی (electric charge) · mk доверување (instruction) · ko 의무 (scope of responsibility) · mi whakataute (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · ko 장전 (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · pl ładunek (measured amount of explosive) · hu rakomány (load or burden) · ro sarcină (scope of responsibility) · ca càrrega (load or burden) · ja 装填 (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · bg заря́д (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · ka დამუხტვა (electric charge) · no pris (amount of money levied for a service) · tl sakdal (accusation) · it accusa (accusation) · es encargo (instruction) · eo akuzo (accusation) · ja 突撃 (military: ground attack) · ta மின்னேற்றம் (electric charge) · hu töltés (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · ja 電荷 (electric charge) · es acometida (forceful forward movement) · fi törmääminen (basketball: offensive foul) · da beskyldning (accusation) · fi lataus (electric charge) · it costo (amount of money levied for a service) · es cargo (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · ko 수탁물 (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · fi hyökkäys (forceful forward movement) · el φόρτιση (electric charge) · ru та́кса (amount of money levied for a service) · ka დატენვა (electric charge) · el χρέωση (amount of money levied for a service) · ms caj (amount of money levied for a service) · ja チャージ (amount of money levied for a service) · mi heitara (accusation) · fi panos (measured amount of explosive) · cmn 起诉 (accusation) · ko 비난 (accusation) · ms pertuduhan (accusation) · ja 非難 (accusation) · cs obvinění (accusation) · cmn 費用 /费用 (amount of money levied for a service) · da omkostning (amount of money levied for a service) · fi logo (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · da pris (amount of money levied for a service) · ja 命令 (instruction) · hu terhelés (load or burden) · cy cyhuddiad (accusation) · mk обвинение (accusation) · ar تُهْمَة (accusation) · la tūtēla (scope of responsibility) · ro sarcină (electric charge) · cmn 管理範圍 /管理范围 (scope of responsibility) · pt acusação (accusation) · km ថ្លៃ (amount of money levied for a service) · mn ачаалал (electric charge) · hu vezetés (scope of responsibility) · no beskyldning (accusation) · fi syytös (accusation) · cmn 紋章 /纹章 (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · id beban (amount of money levied for a service) · eo kulpigo (accusation) · cmn 衝打 /冲打 (military: ground attack) · ru заря́д (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · pl podopieczna (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · ga ruathar (military: ground attack) · ast carga (electric charge) · pt denúncia (accusation) · ru пла́та (amount of money levied for a service) · fr charge (electric charge) · fi ryntäys (forceful forward movement) · uk звинува́чення (accusation) · mi kōkiri (military: ground attack) · no byrde (load or burden) · pl figura herbowa (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · it imputazione (accusation) · fi taakka (load or burden) · de Entgelt (amount of money levied for a service) · pl figura heraldyczna (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · hi आवेश (electric charge) · ru груз (load or burden) · grc κατηγορία (accusation) · fi kuorma (load or burden) · eo sturmo (military: ground attack) · ga muirear (load or burden) · es cargo (accusation) · ja 受託物 (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · ro inculpare (accusation) · sq turrje (forceful forward movement) · el φορτίο (load or burden) · cy achwyniad (accusation) · hu címerábra (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · cmn 衝 /冲 (forceful forward movement) · hu gondjaira bízott személy/dolog (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · ja チャージング (basketball: offensive foul) · hi लागत (amount of money levied for a service) · hu vád (accusation) · ga costas (amount of money levied for a service) · mk полнење (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · hi आज्ञा (instruction) · pt carga (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · fi sähkövaraus (electric charge) · cmn 照顧範圍 /照顾范围 (scope of responsibility) · mk надлежност (scope of responsibility) · sq ngarkesa (electric charge) · ms cas elektrik (electric charge) · hu megbízatás (instruction) · ja 荷 (load or burden) · fr charge (load or burden) · hu utasítás (instruction) · ota امانت (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · no ordre (instruction) · eo kuratako (military: ground attack) · hu feltöltöttség (electric charge) · fi panostus (measured amount of explosive) · it carico (load or burden) · hu megbízás (instruction) · ru подопе́чный (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · mk чесна фигу́ра (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · es carga (electric charge) · ca cost (amount of money levied for a service) · es acusación (accusation) · de Sturmangriff (military: ground attack) · ru цена́ (amount of money levied for a service) · fi vastuu (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · it incarico (instruction) · es arremetida (forceful forward movement) · ko 문양 (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · mk товар (load or burden) · ca encàrrec (instruction) · hi आरोप (accusation) · cs taxa (amount of money levied for a service) · hu irányítás (scope of responsibility) · ja 料金 (amount of money levied for a service) · hi प्रभार (scope of responsibility) · cmn 彈藥 /弹药 (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · mi āpititū (military: ground attack) · hi धावा (military: ground attack) · ko 차징 (basketball: offensive foul) · mi hāmene (accusation) · el επίθεση (military: ground attack) · sq barrë (load or burden) · it carica (electric charge) · ru ата́ка (military: ground attack) · pt custo (amount of money levied for a service) · hu felügyelet (scope of responsibility) · da ordre (instruction) · es embestida (forceful forward movement) · sv laddning (electric charge) · ru бре́мя (load or burden) · grc ἔγκλημα (accusation) · ja 責任 (scope of responsibility) · fi määräys (instruction) · nl last (load or burden) · ru поруче́ние (instruction) · ru предписа́ние (instruction) · fi rynnäkkö (forceful forward movement) · cs poplatek (amount of money levied for a service) · uk заря́д (electric charge) · be абвінава́чванне (accusation) · ka იმუხტება (electric charge) · bg нападе́ние (military: ground attack) · ga cúram (scope of responsibility) · pl podopieczny (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · de Last (load or burden) · vi điện tích (electric charge) · id tuduhan (accusation) · it compito (instruction) · bg цена́ (amount of money levied for a service) · fr charge (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · mi huaki (military: ground attack) · cmn 指控 (accusation) · be абвінава́чанне (accusation) · es cobranza (amount of money levied for a service) · pt carga (military: ground attack) · fi tana (position of a weapon fitted for attack) · la onus electricum (electric charge) · pl oskarżenie (accusation) · id biaya (amount of money levied for a service) · it sfondamento (basketball: offensive foul) · ga muirear (amount of money levied for a service) · ko 전하 (electric charge) · uk пла́та (amount of money levied for a service) · hu felelősség (scope of responsibility) · gd luchd (electric charge) · hu szállítmány (load or burden) · mi whana hiko (electric charge) · pt carga (load or burden) · hi भार (load or burden) · cs zteč (military: ground attack) · ru зада́ча (instruction) · fi tunnuskuvio (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · no angrep (military: ground attack) · bg предписа́ние (instruction) · el υπευθυνότητα (scope of responsibility) · mi whana (electric charge) · el ευθύνη (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · it carica (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · pt encargo (amount of money levied for a service) · ru заря́д (electric charge) · eo rajdatako (military: ground attack) · nl charge (military: ground attack) · mk набој (electric charge) · mi whakapae (accusation) · mk јуриш (military: ground attack) · bg обвине́ние (accusation) · mk задача (instruction) · lv pildiņš (electric charge) · fi neuvo (instruction) · hi निर्देश (instruction) · ru попече́ние (scope of responsibility) · no søksmål (accusation) · ja 義務 (scope of responsibility) · fi vastuu (scope of responsibility) · fi ohje (instruction) · hi आदेश (instruction) · hu költség (amount of money levied for a service) · hu töltés (electric charge) · fi rynnäkkö (military: ground attack) · ga lucht (electric charge) · fr charge (military: ground attack) · fi maksu (amount of money levied for a service) · ca càrrega (electric charge) · de Ladung (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · ja 紋 (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · tr ücret (amount of money levied for a service) · hu vádpont (accusation) · sv sköldemärke (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · da anklage (instruction) · el κατηγορία (accusation) · mk наплата (amount of money levied for a service) · mn ᠠᠴᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠯ (electric charge) · pl ładunek elektryczny (electric charge) · cmn 指示 (instruction) · fa بار (electric charge) · vi nghĩa vụ (scope of responsibility) · hu vádirat (accusation) · sq ngarkuar (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · az yük (electric charge) · pl ładunek (load or burden) · mk напојување (electric charge) · mk грижа (scope of responsibility) · cmn 帶球撞人 /带球撞人 (basketball: offensive foul) · es figura (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · ro încărcătură (electric charge) · fi holhokki (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · tr barut hakkı (measured amount of explosive) · sv last (load or burden) · cs náboj (electric charge) · fi lasti (load or burden) · fi lataus (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · he חיוב (amount of money levied for a service) · hi दाम (amount of money levied for a service) · da læs (load or burden) · gl carga (electric charge) · ru инстру́кция (instruction) · ko 요금 (amount of money levied for a service) · nl lading (electric charge) · mk полнеж (electric charge) · sv anklagelse (accusation) · hu támadás (military: ground attack) · tr barut hakkı (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · hu töltöttség (electric charge) · fr frais (amount of money levied for a service) · cmn 托付 (someone or something entrusted to one's care) · ko 책임 (scope of responsibility) · pt carga (elétrica) (electric charge) · pt fardo (load or burden) · fr chef d’accusation (accusation) · fr chef d’inculpation (accusation) · mk цена (amount of money levied for a service) · bg та́кса (amount of money levied for a service) · fi lataus (measured amount of explosive) · si සුවැසිරිය (electric charge) · ru нападе́ние (military: ground attack) · nl stormaanval (military: ground attack) · hi कार्यभार (scope of responsibility) · hu roham (military: ground attack) · fi varaus (electric charge) · ota اجرت (amount of money levied for a service) · th ประจุไฟฟ้า (electric charge) · ru това́р (load or burden) · fi vaakuna (heraldry: image displayed on an escutcheon) · bg това́р (load or burden) · cs výpad (military: ground attack) · ko 돌격 (military: ground attack) · sv avgift (amount of money levied for a service) · cmn 衝鋒 /冲锋 (military: ground attack) · ca càrrega (basketball: offensive foul) · fi syyte (accusation) · hu kötelezettség (instruction) · hu teher (load or burden) · sq ngarkesë (load or burden) · pt preço (amount of money levied for a service) · ru обвине́ние (accusation) · az ittiham (accusation) · lt mokestis (amount of money levied for a service) · da søgsmål (accusation) · ca preu (amount of money levied for a service) · hu töltet (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · pt encargo (instruction) · bg заря́д (electric charge) · sw shtaka (accusation) · ro acuzare (accusation) · cmn 收費 /收费 (amount of money levied for a service) · no ladning (electric charge) · hi शुल्क (amount of money levied for a service) · da ladning (electric charge) · sv laddning (measured amount of powder and/or shot) · ru отве́тственность (scope of responsibility) · fr charge (instruction)
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.
Meanings
To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
Moses […] charged you to love the Lord your God. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 22:5:
(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
Let's charge this to marketing.
The law firm's billings are up this month: she's charged 1,000 billing hours to that case.
(ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
to charge high for goods
I won't charge you for the wheat.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
(US, transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
Can I charge this purchase?
Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?
(dated, transitive) To sell (something) at a given price.
to charge coal at $5 per unit
(qualifier:criminal law, transitive) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
I'm charging you with assault and battery.
(transitive) To mortgage (a property).
To impute or ascribe.
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. 1966, Stringfellow Barr, The Mask of Jove:
No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time. 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
To call to account; to challenge.
to charge me to an answer c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
[H]er grandfather […] charged her as she valued her life never to mention that again […] 1800, James Hogg, The Mysterious Bride:
[A] huge torrent of boiling black mud, charged with blocks of rock and moving with enormous rapidity, rolled like an avalanche down the gorge. 1911, The Encyclopedia Britannica, entry on Moya
the charging of children's memories[…] with rules 1693, [John Locke], “§64”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. ▸ To ornament with or cause to bear.
to charge an architectural member with a moulding
(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. ▸ To assume as a bearing.
He charges three roses.
(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. ▸ To add to or represent on.
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. 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, pages 476-477:
He charges his shield with three roses or.
(transitive) 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.
Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
their battering cannon charged to the mouths c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
(transitive) 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. ▸ To cause to take on an electric charge.
Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
(transitive) 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. ▸ To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
Don't forget to charge the drill.
I charge my phone every night.
He charged the battery overnight.
(intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery, transitive) 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. ▸ To replenish energy.
The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet.
His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.
(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
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. 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 16:22 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
(intransitive, transitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. ▸ To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.
My Lord, we haue diſcouered the enemie
Readie to Charge you with a mightie army. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. ▸ To commit a charging foul.
(intransitive, of a batsman) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. ▸ To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
(of a hunting dog, transitive) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
bg възла́гам (to assign a duty to) · az enerji yığmaq (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · pl pobrać opłatę (to demand, require payment) · lv kraut (to load equipment with material required for its use) · km បញ្ចូល (to add energy to) · hu megterhel (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · ru запи́сывать (to assign a debit to an account) · fi syyttää (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · vi nạp điện (to add energy to) · da give opgave (to assign a duty to) · pl naładować (to load equipment with material required for its use) · de verpflichten (to assign a duty to) · sq ngarko (to assign a duty to) · fi varata (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ru заряжа́ться (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · ko 외상질하다 (to pay on account) · ka ტენის (to add energy to) · da oplade (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · uk обтя́жувати (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · de aufladen (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ja 請求する (to demand, require payment) · fi ladata (to load equipment with material required for its use) · fr charger (to cause to take on an electric charge) · bg пъ́лня (to load equipment with material required for its use) · es embestir (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · da lade op (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · pl napadać (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · no belaste (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · sk nabiť (to cause to take on an electric charge) · mi hāmene (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · pl naładować (to cause to take on an electric charge) · es repostarse (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · pt acusar (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · be атакава́ць (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · cmn 收費 /收费 (to demand, require payment) · hu felszámít (to demand, require payment) · ru заряжа́ть (to cause to take on an electric charge) · hu nekiront (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · cs obvinit (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · ro încărca (to load equipment with material required for its use) · da belaste (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · ru записа́ть (to assign a debit to an account) · km សាក (to add energy to) · fi hyökätä (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · pt carregar (to move forward forcefully) · mi āpititū (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · km ផ្ទុក (to load equipment with material required for its use) · ru вмени́ть в обя́занность (to assign a duty to) · fi käskeä (to assign a duty to) · ru вменя́ть в обя́занность (to assign a duty to) · el χρεώνω (to demand, require payment) · az tapşırmaq (to assign a duty to) · vi nạp điện (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · pt carregar (to load equipment with material required for its use) · hu feltölt (to add energy to) · hu tölt (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ru взима́ть (to demand, require payment) · da bebyrde (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · mi kōkiri (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · sw chaji (to add energy to) · ca acusar (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · eo ŝargi (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ga luchtaigh (to cause to take on an electric charge) · el χρεώνω (to assign a debit to an account) · enm launchen (to move forward forcefully) · ka იმუხტება (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · es energizar (to add energy to) · hu töltődik (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · uk заряди́тися (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · hu rábíz (to assign a duty to) · es cargar (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · fr créditer (to pay on account) · de belasten (to pay on account) · el γιούργια (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · no bebyrde (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · th ชาร์จ (to add energy to) · mi whakangahoro (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · eo kulpigi (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · it caricare (to pay on account) · fi määrätä (to assign a duty to) · ru заряди́ть (to add energy to) · pt encarregar (to assign a duty to) · enm launchen (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · de belasten (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · gl cargar (to assign a debit to an account) · hu kiszámláz (to demand, require payment) · lv uzpildīt (to add energy to) · ga luchtaigh (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · es arremeter contra (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · bg заре́ждам се (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · ar شَحَنَ (to add energy to) · es energizarse (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · fr s'élancer (cricket: to take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball) · de buchen (to assign a debit to an account) · uk заряджа́ти (to add energy to) · be зарадзі́ць (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ta மின்னேற்று (to add energy to) · cmn 衝鋒 /冲锋 (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · lv pildīt (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · he הטעין (to add energy to) · pt carregar (to cause to take on an electric charge) · mk напојува (to cause to take on an electric charge) · fr charger (to assign a duty to) · de beschuldigen (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · be напа́сці (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · fi nimittää (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · pt cobrar (to demand, require payment) · fi törmätä (basketball: to commit a charging foul) · pl atakować (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · az ittihamlandırmaq (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · sv ladda upp (to cause to take on an electric charge) · pl naładować (to add energy to) · mi whakakaha (to add energy to) · mi whakapā hē (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · hu kirohan (to move forward forcefully) · ja 充電する (to add energy to) · lv uzpildīt (to cause to take on an electric charge) · cs obviňovat (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · vi nạp (to load equipment with material required for its use) · hy լիցքավորել (to add energy to) · da sagsøge (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · fi rynnätä (to move forward forcefully) · fr charger (to move forward forcefully) · de beauftragen (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · he נטען (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · es cobrar (to assign a debit to an account) · be зараджа́ць (to cause to take on an electric charge) · fi hyökätä (to move forward forcefully) · da oplade (to cause to take on an electric charge) · mk полни (to load equipment with material required for its use) · da lade (to add energy to) · ru заряди́ть (to load equipment with material required for its use) · fi ladata (to add energy to) · ar اِتَّهَمَ (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · mk то́вари (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · gl cargar (to cause to take on an electric charge) · no saksøke (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · ar هَاجَمَ (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · ru обременя́ть (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · bg натова́рвам (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · es acometer (to move forward forcefully) · pt carregar (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · az üzərinə qoymaq (to assign a duty to) · uk заряджа́тися (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · gl acusar (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · be абвінава́чваць (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · hu megrak (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · bg обвиня́вам (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · ca encarregar (to assign a duty to) · gl cargar (to add energy to) · cs nabít (to cause to take on an electric charge) · da lade (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · pl pobierać opłatę (to demand, require payment) · ru обвиня́ть (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · gl cargar (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · mi huaki (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · grc ἐμπίπτω (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · it caricare (to load equipment with material required for its use) · de stürmen (to move forward forcefully) · hu kiront (to move forward forcefully) · lv pildīt (to load equipment with material required for its use) · uk поклада́ти відповіда́льність (to assign a duty to) · hu megtámad (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · hu megostromol (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · de anweisen (to assign a duty to) · fur cjariâ (to load equipment with material required for its use) · lv uzpildīt (to load equipment with material required for its use) · pt assaltar (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · hu vádol (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · de vorstürmen (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · ru напа́сть (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · ru заряди́ться (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · pt carregar (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · hu megrohamoz (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · mk обвини (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · mk атакува (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · pl ładować (to cause to take on an electric charge) · be зараджа́ць (to add energy to) · ro încărca (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · uk звинува́чувати (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · it accusare (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · pl oskarżać (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · es atacar (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · eo ŝargi (to add energy to) · el φορτίζω (to add energy to) · cs pověřit (to assign a duty to) · nl belasten (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · de beladen (to load equipment with material required for its use) · mk напаѓа (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · enm launcen (to move forward forcefully) · hu feltöltődik (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · ru атакова́ть (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · mk обвинува (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · uk заряджа́ти (to cause to take on an electric charge) · fr charger (cricket: to take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball) · hu feltölt (to load equipment with material required for its use) · ru загружа́ть (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · fr charger (to pay on account) · it caricare (to demand, require payment) · it incaricare (to assign a duty to) · mk полни (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ja 突撃する (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · fr armer (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · fi maksaa luottokortilla (to pay on account) · fi panna (to assign a debit to an account) · uk звинува́тити (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · it imputare (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · mk јурнува (to move forward forcefully) · ja 荷電させる (to cause to take on an electric charge) · hu tölt (to load equipment with material required for its use) · mk јуриша (to move forward forcefully) · pt carregar (to add energy to) · mi whakakaha (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · pl ładować (to add energy to) · uk зніма́ти пла́ту (to demand, require payment) · fr charger (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · no gi oppgave (to assign a duty to) · ro inculpa (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · es arremeter contra (to move forward forcefully) · pt encarregar (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · uk заряди́ти (to add energy to) · gl acusar a (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · ru возлага́ть (to assign a duty to) · mk на́плаќа (to demand, require payment) · zu -biza (to demand, require payment) · bg обременя́вам (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · mk нападне (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · bg поверя́вам (to assign a duty to) · nl opdragen (to assign a duty to) · az həvalə etmək (to assign a duty to) · mk наплаќа (to assign a debit to an account) · es acometer (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · ca inculpar (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · sv anklaga (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · az doldurmaq (to load equipment with material required for its use) · ar شَحَنَ (to cause to take on an electric charge) · lv pildīt (to add energy to) · pl napaść (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · hu beront (to move forward forcefully) · hu száguld (to move forward forcefully) · sv ladda (to cause to take on an electric charge) · sv ladda (to load equipment with material required for its use) · ka იტენება (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · hu ráront (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · be зарадзі́цца (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · fi määrätä (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · de füllen (to load equipment with material required for its use) · uk заряджа́ти (to load equipment with material required for its use) · az yükləmək (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · mk обреме́нува (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · it caricare (to cause to take on an electric charge) · de vorwärts pressen (to move forward forcefully) · mi amo (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · ko 공격하다 (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · cmn 控告 (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · ru заряжа́ть (to load equipment with material required for its use) · ko 고발하다 (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · uk атакува́ти (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · fi rynnäköidä (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · kea kobra (to demand, require payment) · ru обвини́ть (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · de aufladen (to add energy to) · es cargar (to add energy to) · be напада́ць (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · hu kér (to demand, require payment) · pl ładować (to load equipment with material required for its use) · ja 充電する (to cause to take on an electric charge) · bg заре́ждам (to add energy to) · eo ŝarĝi (to load equipment with material required for its use) · es cargar (to assign a debit to an account) · hu felszámláz (to demand, require payment) · lv uzpildīt (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · hu megpakol (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · de befüllen (to load equipment with material required for its use) · mk за́дава (to assign a duty to) · fr charger (to load equipment with material required for its use) · de laden (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · bg заредя́ (to cause to take on an electric charge) · hu kiró (to assign a duty to) · vi nạp điện (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ru заряди́ть (to cause to take on an electric charge) · fi laittaa (to assign a debit to an account) · de anklagen (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · mk наплатува (to pay on account) · ko 충전하다 (to cause to take on an electric charge) · bg задължа́вам (to pay on account) · ru обремени́ть (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · uk доруча́ти (to assign a duty to) · sk obviniť (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · ta மின்னேற்று (to cause to take on an electric charge) · hu megvádol (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · pl naładować się (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · da storme (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · da lade (to load equipment with material required for its use) · it ricaricare (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · mk дове́рува (to assign a duty to) · bg заредя́ се (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · ko 청구하다 (to demand, require payment) · hu feltölt (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ru возложи́ть (to assign a duty to) · lv pildīt (to cause to take on an electric charge) · fr charger (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · cs nabíjet (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ka მუხტავს (to add energy to) · sk obviňovať (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · es embestir (to move forward forcefully) · be зарадзі́ць (to load equipment with material required for its use) · es cargar (to load equipment with material required for its use) · ms caj (to demand, require payment) · ro încărca (to cause to take on an electric charge) · de vorwärtsstürmen (to move forward forcefully) · fi maksaa luotolla (to pay on account) · ms mengecas (to add energy to) · oc encargar (to assign a duty to) · az yükləmək (to cause to take on an electric charge) · de laden (to add energy to) · de beauftragen (to assign a duty to) · hu támad (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · cmn 攻擊 /攻击 (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · fi veloittaa (to assign a debit to an account) · fr accuser (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · be зарадзі́ць (to add energy to) · hu ostromol (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · uk напа́сти (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · pl ładować się (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · az ittihamlar irəli sürmək (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · fr charger (to assign a debit to an account) · sk nabíjať (to cause to take on an electric charge) · fi veloittaa (to demand, require payment) · fi laskuttaa (to demand, require payment) · ru загрузи́ть (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · ru напада́ть (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · fi rynnistää (to move forward forcefully) · ro acuza (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · ko 돌격하다 (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · es cargar (to cause to take on an electric charge) · be абвінава́ціць (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · hu megbíz (to assign a duty to) · az dolmaq (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · it caricare (to add energy to) · hu berohan (to move forward forcefully) · sv ladda (to add energy to) · uk напада́ти (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · eo kurataki (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · be зараджа́цца (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · gl cobrar (to assign a debit to an account) · es cobrar (to demand, require payment) · sw chaji (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · ko 충전하다 (to add energy to) · ru заряжа́ть (to add energy to) · az yükləmək (to load equipment with material required for its use) · da storme (to move forward forcefully) · enm swyngen (to move forward forcefully) · ko 충전되다 (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · mi whakapae (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · uk заряди́ти (to cause to take on an electric charge) · gl cobrar (to demand, require payment) · fi kuormata (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · fi maksaa (to pay on account) · ja 告発する (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · pl szarżować (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · fi latautua (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · de laden (to load equipment with material required for its use) · de zuweisen (to assign a duty to) · grc προσφέρομαι (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · vi nạp (to add energy to) · ru снима́ть пла́ту (to demand, require payment) · pl oskarżyć (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · bg напа́дам (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · lv iekraut (to load equipment with material required for its use) · hu tölt (to add energy to) · hu rohan (to move forward forcefully) · it accollare (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · ta மின்னேற்று (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · de berechnen (to demand, require payment) · es repostar (to add energy to) · hu kioszt (to assign a duty to) · de in Rechnung stellen (to demand, require payment) · de bestürmen (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · eo sturmi (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · it incaricare (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · ru снять пла́ту (to demand, require payment) · cmn 充電 /充电 (to cause to take on an electric charge) · ru штурмова́ть (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · enm launcen (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · be зараджа́ць (to load equipment with material required for its use) · nl aanklagen (criminal law, law enforcement: to formally accuse of a crime) · it addebitare (to assign a debit to an account) · az yükləmək (to add energy to) · bg атаку́вам (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · ga luchtaigh (to add energy to) · de verpflichten (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · de aufladen (intransitive: of a battery or device: to gain energy) · uk заряди́ти (to load equipment with material required for its use) · fi sälyttää (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) · bg задължа́вам (to assign a debit to an account) · ro încărca (to add energy to) · bg заредя́ (to add energy to) · eo rajdataki (military: to attack by moving forward quickly) · bg заре́ждам (to cause to take on an electric charge) · de zuweisen (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty)