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charge
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- pronunciation:
- charj
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
charges, charging, charged |
| definition 1: |
When a person or business charges for something, it means that they want to be paid for it.
The restaurant charges for bread. It's not free.The pizza shop charges for delivery. |
| definition 2: |
When someone charges a certain amount of money for something, they ask people to pay that amount of money for it. If a store charges six dollars for a sandwich, it means that they want you to pay six dollars for it.
My grandmother says they charge too much money for popcorn at the movie theater.- similar words:
- ask, bill, demand, exact, price, require
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| definition 3: |
If a hotel charges guests two dollars for shampoo, it means that guests have to pay two dollars if they want to use the hotel's shampoo. If a plumber charges a customer a hundred dollars to fix a leaking pipe, it means the plumber requires the customer to pay that much for the work.
The airline charges its customers extra if their bags are too heavy.The barber charges my dad only ten dollars to trim my brother's hair. |
| definition 4: |
When a customer charges something at a store, it means that they buy it now and pay for it later.
Sarah's dad didn't have any cash with him at the store, so he charged the groceries. |
| definition 5: |
When you charge something like a telephone, you put electrical power into it so that it can work. Some things that use electricity get it through wires that plug into an electrical source. But electrical things without wires get their electricity from something called "batteries." When we charge a telephone, we are charging the batteries inside it so that the phone will have the power to work in any place we want it to.
My mom charges her laptop every night before she goes to bed.- similar words:
- power
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| definition 6: |
If the police charge someone with a crime, it means that the police say that this person committed this crime. When someone is charged with a crime, it is a serious and official thing. The police must show some kind of proof in order to charge someone with a crime.
The police believed the man started the fire, but there was not enough evidence to charge him, so they had to let him go.- synonyms:
- accuse, blame
- similar words:
- book
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| definition 7: |
When people or animals charge, they suddenly move forward very fast. When soldiers charge, they move forward quickly in order to attack.
When the bell rang at three o'clock, all the kids charged out the door.On TV, I saw how elephants can charge. Being around an elephant can sometimes be dangerous.
- similar words:
- storm
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| related words: |
assign, instruct, lunge, report, send, tell |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When there is a charge for something, it means that you must pay money for it.
There is a charge for extra cheese on pizza. You can't get it for free.- synonyms:
- cost, fee, price
- similar words:
- amount, bill, check, dues, expense, fare, payment, rate, rent, sum, tax
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| definition 2: |
A charge is the amount of electricity in something.
We couldn't call my dad from the park because our phone had no charge left.- similar words:
- potential
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| related words: |
control, demand, duty, freight, function, government, load, order, part, task, value, work |
| derivations: |
chargeable (adj.), chargeably (adv.), chargeability (n.) |
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