charge

noun

1
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
a confidential mission to London
his charge was deliver a message
2
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
he is in the care of a bodyguard
3
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
the battle began with a cavalry charge
4
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
5
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
6
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
he was arrested on a charge of larceny
7
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
8
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
the judge's charge to the jury
9
request for payment of a debt
they submitted their charges at the end of each month
10
the swift release of a store of affective force
they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
11
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
12
a person committed to your care
the teacher led her charges across the street

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