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charge
A	noun
	1	mission, charge, commission
			a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚duty ╚assignment; duty assignment ╚mission, charge, commission ╚suicide mission; martyr operation; sacrifice operation ╚mission impossible ╚fool's errand
	2	care, charge, tutelage, guardianship
			attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚protection ╚care, charge, tutelage, guardianship ╚slight care ╚providence ╚great care ╚foster care ╚due care; ordinary care; reasonable care
	3	charge
			a impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚operation; military operation ╚attack; onslaught; onset; onrush ╚charge ╚countercharge
	4	charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
			a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material; stuff ╚chemical ╚explosive ╚charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge ╚rocket fuel; rocket propellant; rocket propellent ╚undercharge ╚shot
	5	charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
			heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚decoration; ornament; ornamentation ╚design; pattern; figure ╚emblem ╚heraldry ╚charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing ╚ordinary ╚fleur-de-lis; fleur-de-lys ╚chevron ╚annulet; roundel
	6	charge, complaint
			(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚pleading ╚charge, complaint ╚accusation; accusal
	7	accusation, charge
			an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚declaration ╚assertion; averment; asseveration ╚accusation, charge ╚countercharge
	8	commission, charge, direction
			a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚command; bid; bidding; dictation ╚commission, charge, direction ╚misdirection
	9	charge, billing
			request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚request; asking ╚charge, billing ╚presentment
	10	bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
			the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚emotion ╚joy; joyousness; joyfulness ╚exhilaration; excitement ╚bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
	11	cathexis, charge
			(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚motivation; motive; need ╚psychic energy; mental energy ╚libidinal energy ╚cathexis, charge
	12	charge
			a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚acquirer ╚recipient; receiver ╚dependant; dependent ╚charge
	13	charge, electric charge
			the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons; "the battery needed a fresh charge"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚natural phenomenon ╚physical phenomenon ╚electrical phenomenon ╚charge, electric charge ╚negative charge ╚positive charge ╚electrostatic charge
	14	charge
			the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"
		Category Tree: possession ╚transferred property; transferred possession ╚loss ╚financial loss ╚outgo; expenditure; outlay ╚cost ╚charge ╚porterage ╚installation charge ╚demurrage ╚agio; agiotage; premium; exchange premium ╚fixed charge; fixed cost; fixed costs ╚fare; transportation ╚overcharge ╚undercharge ╚depreciation charge ╚carrying charge
	15	charge
			financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"
		Category Tree: possession ╚liabilities ╚charge ╚assessment ╚encumbrance; incumbrance ╚levy
B	verb
	1	charge
			saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚impregnate; saturate ╚charge
	2	charge
			energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚supply; provide; render; furnish ╚charge ╚recharge
	3	charge
			cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚charge
	4	charge
			set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
		Category Tree: determine; set ╚charge
	5	blame, charge
			attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚impute; ascribe; assign; attribute ╚blame, charge
	6	charge
			instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚order; tell; enjoin; say ╚instruct ╚charge
	7	charge
			instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚order; tell; enjoin; say ╚instruct ╚charge
	8	charge, saddle, burden
			impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚order; tell; enjoin; say ╚command; require; compel ╚charge, saddle, burden ╚adjure ╚overwhelm; deluge; flood out ╚bear down ╚overburden
	9	charge, accuse
			blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged me director with indifference"

	10	charge
			make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
		Category Tree: affirm ╚claim ╚charge ╚complain ╚tax
	11	charge, lodge, file
			file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
		Category Tree: charge; accuse ╚accuse; impeach; incriminate; criminate ╚charge, lodge, file ╚impeach
	12	charge, bear down
			to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
		Category Tree: assail; assault; set on; attack ╚rush ╚charge, bear down
	13	charge, level, point
			direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚put; set; place; pose; position; lay ╚position ╚aim; take; train; take aim; direct ╚charge, level, point
	14	charge
			fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚charge ╚freight ╚burden; burthen; weight; weight down
	15	load, charge
			provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚load, charge ╚recharge; reload
	16	charge
			place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚create ╚paint ╚charge
	17	agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
			cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
		Category Tree: affect; impress; move; strike ╚disturb; upset; trouble ╚agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up ╚electrify ╚pother ╚bother ╚hype up; psych up
	18	charge
			lie down on command, of hunting dogs
		Category Tree: change ╚change posture ╚lie down; lie ╚charge
	19	tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
			move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚rush; hotfoot; hasten; hie; speed; race; pelt along; rush along; cannonball along; bucket along; belt along ╚tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck ╚rip
	20	charge
			pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚pay ╚charge
	21	charge, bill
			demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
		Category Tree: account; calculate ╚charge, bill ╚invoice ╚surcharge ╚undercharge ╚assess ╚tithe ╚levy; impose
	22	charge
			enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"
		Category Tree: account; calculate ╚debit ╚charge
	23	consign, charge
			give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚pass; hand; reach; pass on; turn over; give ╚entrust; intrust; trust; confide; commit ╚consign, charge ╚check ╚check ╚pawn; soak; hock ╚pledge
	24	commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
			cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge ╚hospitalize; hospitalise
	25	appoint, charge
			assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

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