to charge
- verb
- /tʃɑrdʒ/
- But you can charge way more for a hardcover.
- charge a fee
- charge a price
- charge tuition
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Watch on YouTubeThe broker commissions usually will charge one month's rents.
- The broker commissions usually will charge one month's rents.
- They do this through charging a higher bid ask spread.
- But you can charge way more for a hardcover.
- And what did they what did they charge you on that first?
- The way you solve that is you, you charge what the market can bear.
- Some companies, they will charge you for color cards, for headers.
- And so I was like, dude, I charge dollars for my time.
- No, Oh no, I'll charge a premium course.
Examples
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I think I'll charge you a little bit more, it's only fair, isn't it?
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So I won't charge you this time.
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The second way is by increasing how much you charge this guy, right?
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Because you can charge $50 more an hour if it's by the sea.
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And our current landlord charges us per dog per month.
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How much would you charge to to do makeup?
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Expectations are clearly stated, and she charges a fee for this service.
Academic text (2015) -
"Do you realize what this station's been able to charge for advertising because of where we are?"
Fiction book (1992) -
So is it OK then to charge some people premiums?
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How much will you charge for your professional photography services?
Synonyms
To send someone a request to pay for goods or services
To request a price or condition when selling
To send a bill for products or services
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To move quickly and forcefully forward across a playing field in sports to try to score
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
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Etymology
Charge first meant 'to load', as when you put goods on a cart, a sense still seen in cargo. To charge someone for goods or services is to 'place' a cost on them, so you ask them to pay money.