Charge Meaning
/ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe amount of money levied for a service.
nounAn attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
Sentence Examples
Banks charge higher interest on loans to risky customers.
Mr Brown took charge of this class last year.
He took charge of the family business following his father's death.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The store will ____ a small fee for gift wrapping purchased items during the holiday season.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is no extra ____ for the delivery of the items to your house.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Late Latin carrus Late Latin -ico Late 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
""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:
"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:
"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
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The store will ____ a small fee for gift wrapping purchased items during the holiday season.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is no extra ____ for the delivery of the items to your house.