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9 N‑COUNT [usu pl] If you describe someone as your charge , they have been given to you to be looked after and you are responsible for them. □  The coach tried to get his charges motivated.

10 VERB If you charge towards someone or something, you move quickly and aggressively towards them. □ [V prep/adv] He charged through the door to my mother's office. □ [V ] He ordered us to charge. □ [V -ing] …a charging bull. ● N‑COUNT Charge is also a noun. □  …a bayonet charge.

11 VERB To charge a battery means to pass an electrical current through it in order to make it more powerful or to make it last longer. □ [V n] Alex had forgotten to charge the battery. ● PHRASAL VERB Charge up means the same as charge . □ [V P n] The car recovers energy to charge up the batteries while driving. [Also V n P ]

12 N‑COUNT [usu sing] An electrical charge is an amount of electricity that is held in or carried by something. [TECHNICAL ]

13 → see also baton charge , charged , cover charge , depth charge , service charge

14 PHRASE If something is free of charge , it does not cost anything. □  The leaflet is available free of charge from post offices.

▸  charge up → see charge 11 SYNONYMS charge NOUN 3

price:…a sharp increase in the price of petrol.

rate:Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p at all other times.

cost:Badges are also available at a cost of £2.50.

payment:The fund will make payments of just over £1 billion next year.

toll:We pay enough in toll charges to use their roads. VERB 5

accuse:Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police.

indict:He was later indicted on corruption charges.

impeach:…an opposition move to impeach the President.

charge|able /tʃɑː ^r dʒəb ^ə l/

1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If something is chargeable , you have to pay a sum of money for it. [FORMAL ] □  The day of departure is not chargeable if rooms are vacated by 12.00 noon.

2 ADJ If something is chargeable , you have to pay tax on it. [FORMAL ] □  …the taxpayer's chargeable gain.

cha rge card (charge cards ) also chargecard

1 N‑COUNT A charge card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. Compare credit card . [BRIT ]

2 N‑COUNT A charge card is the same as a credit card . [AM ]

charged /tʃɑː ^r dʒd/

1 ADJ [usu adv ADJ ] If a situation is charged , it is filled with emotion and therefore very tense or exciting. □  There was a highly-charged atmosphere. □  A wedding is an emotionally-charged situation.

2 ADJ [oft adv ADJ ] Charged particles carry an electrical charge. □  …negatively-charged ions.

char|gé d'af|faires /ʃɑː ^r ʒe I dæfeə ^r / (chargés d'affaires )

1 N‑COUNT A chargé d'affaires is a person appointed to act as head of a diplomatic mission in a foreign country while the ambassador is away.

2 N‑COUNT A chargé d'affaires is the head of a minor diplomatic mission in a foreign country.

cha rge nurse (charge nurses ) N‑COUNT A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward. [BRIT ]

charg|er /tʃɑː ^r dʒə ^r / (chargers )

1 N‑COUNT A charger is a device used for charging or recharging batteries. □ [+ for ] He forgot the charger for his mobile phone.

2 N‑COUNT A charger was a strong horse that a knight in the Middle Ages used to ride in battle.

cha r-grilled also chargrilled ADJ [usu ADJ n] Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black. [BRIT ] in AM, usually use charbroiled

chari|ot /tʃæ riət/ (chariots ) N‑COUNT In ancient times, chariots were fast-moving vehicles with two wheels that were pulled by horses.