charge
- noun
- /tʃɑrdʒ/
- Jargon
- This charge came from both the left and the right, with Patrick Buchanan decrying the NED years later for its "messianic" activities.
Examples
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Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-WV) and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) led the charge against the administration's timetable.
Academic text (2006) -
If Mr. Storey wants to personally deny the charges or anything else said about him in testimony, he'll get that chance." Bosch watched Langwiser's eyes dance.
Fiction book (2001) -
I, whose charge it is to guard the sentinel of the north, do forbid thee to enter here.
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There is only one charge for the jury to consider in Dr. Conrad Murray's trial: involuntary manslaughter.
Blog text (4) -
The coat of arms featured a bright red charge of a lion rampant.
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The artist designed a new charge for the family crest that included a copper shield.
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Each knight displayed a unique charge on their armor to signify their family's heritage.
Synonyms
A picture or symbol shown on a shield to represent a family
A picture or symbol on a shield that shows who a family is
A design on a shield that identifies a family or organization
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
- Specialized
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Specialized
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
- Specialized
A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move
- Formal
A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away
- Archaic
A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready
- Specialized
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
- Specialized
The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same
A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'
- Specialized
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Specialized
A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time
- Jargon
A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors
An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs
A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime
- Specialized
A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
Surface Forms
Etymology
Charge in heraldry is the picture placed on a shield, coming from the idea of a 'load' or thing put onto the surface. So a charge on a coat of arms is the symbol shown on the shield.