charges


Meanings

  • an impetuous rush toward someone or something;
  • (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
  • the price charged for some article or service;
  • the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;
  • attention and management implying responsibility for safety;
  • a special assignment that is given to a person or group;
  • a person committed to your care;
    • "the teacher led her charges across the street"
  • financial liabilities (such as a tax);
    • "the charges against the estate"
  • (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;
  • the swift release of a store of affective force;
  • request for payment of a debt;
    • "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
  • a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;
  • an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;
    • "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
  • heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
  • a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time;
  • to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle;
  • blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;
  • demand payment;
  • move quickly and violently;
  • assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to;
  • file a formal charge against;
  • make an accusatory claim;
  • fill or load to capacity;
  • enter a certain amount as a charge;
  • cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;
  • give over to another for care or safekeeping;
  • pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt;
  • lie down on command, of hunting dogs
  • cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;
  • place a heraldic bearing on;
  • provide (a device) with something necessary;
  • direct into a position for use;
  • impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;
  • instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
  • instruct or command with authority;
  • attribute responsibility to;
  • set or ask for a certain price;
    • "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
  • cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on;
  • energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge;
  • saturate;


Scrabble Score: 13

charges is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

charges is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

charges is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 14

charges is a valid Words With Friends word