Tra từ charge - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

charge UK [tʃɑːdʒ] US [tʃɑːrdʒ] verb [ charges charging charged ]

MONEY

1. <E > intransitive or transitive to ask an amount of money for something, especially a service or activity
• How much/What do you charge for a haircut and blow-dry?
• The bank charged commission to change my traveller's cheques.
• + two objects They charge you $20 just to get in the nightclub.
• The local museum doesn't charge for admission.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Bills and invoices
2. charge sth to your account
If you charge something you have bought to your account, the amount you have spent is recorded and you pay for it at a later time
• Charge the bill to my account, please.
• Shall we charge the flowers to your account?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Paying and spending money

• How much do you charge for hiring out a bicycle for a week?
• He charges anywhere from $20 to $50 for a haircut and blow-dry.
• The restaurant charges shockingly high prices for its food.
• My plumber charges £20 an hour.
• The policy of charging air travellers for vegetarian meals proved unpopular.

ACCUSE FORMALLY

3. <E > transitive (of the police) to make a formal statement saying that someone is accused of a crime
• She's been charged with murder.
• She is charged with murdering her husband.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Blaming and accusing ↑Arresting and charging
4. transitive formal to publicly accuse someone of doing something bad
• The paper charged her with using the company's money for her own purposes.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Blaming and accusing

• Two sisters have been charged with murder.
• He tried to run away from the police and was charged with resisting arrest.
• He was charged with driving 75 mph in a 55 mph zone.
• Several England supporters were arrested and charged with disturbing the peace after the match.
• Six rugby internationals were charged with taking drugs to improve their performance.

MOVE FORWARD

5. <I > intransitive or transitive to move forward quickly and violently, especially towards something which has caused difficulty or anger
• The bull lowered its horns and charged.
• The violence began when the police charged (at) a crowd of demonstrators.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Moving quickly ↑Attacking and invading
6. <I > intransitive + adverb or preposition informal to hurry from one place to another
• I've been charging about/around all day and I'm exhausted.
• He came charging up the stairs to tell me the good news.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Moving quickly

• The children charged in, demanding ice cream.
• As the protesters drew nearer, the soldiers charged.
• Stop charging around - you'll wear yourself out!
• The herd of rhinos charged towards us.
• Crowds of demonstrators charged police lines.

EXPLOSIVE

7. transitive to put enough explosive into a gun to fire it once
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Guns

ORDER

8. transitive often passive formal to order someone to do something
• He was charged with taking care of the premises.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Giving orders and commands
9. transitive US legal When a judge charges a jury, the judge explains the details of the law to them.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Judges and juries

SUPPLY ENERGY

10. intransitive or transitive specialized to put electricity into an electrical device such as a battery
• She drove the car round the block to charge (up) its batteries.
• It's not working - I don't think the battery is charging.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Electricity and electronics

noun

MONEY

1. <E > countable or uncountable the amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity or service
• Is there a charge for children or do they go free?
• There's an admission charge of £5.
• They fixed my watch free of charge.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Costs and expenses

• Adults pay an admission charge but children get in free.
• Although long-distance phone calls are going up, the charge for local calls will not alter.
• Interest charges on an overdraft are usually quite high.
• Prescription charges are rising in June.
• I just want a basic bank account with low charges.

FORMAL ACCUSATION

2. <E > countable legal a formal police statement saying that someone is accused of a crime
• The 19-year-old will be appearing in court on Thursday where she will face criminal charges.
• He has been arrested on a charge of murder.
• The police brought a charge of theft against him.
• The police have had to drop (= stop) charges against her because they couldn't find any evidence.
• He claimed he had been arrested on a trumped up (= false) charge.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Blaming and accusing ↑Arresting and charging
3. countable formal when you accuse someone of something bad
• + that The president responded angrily to the charge that she had lost touch with her country's people.
• Her refusal to condemn the violence laid/left her open to the charge of positive support for the campaign (= allowed people to say that she supported it).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Blaming and accusing

• The company pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter.
• The charge of murder was altered to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
• Both men vehemently denied the charges against them.
• Criminal charges will be brought against the driver of the lorry.
• Simson, aged nineteen, was convicted on two charges of burglary.

CONTROL
4. in charge
<A > being the person who has control of or is responsible for someone or something
• Who will be in charge of the department when Sophie leaves?
• I left Jack in charge of the suitcases while I went to get the tickets.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Duty, obligation and responsibility
5. uncountable responsibility for controlling or looking after something
• Her ex-husband has charge of the children during the week and she has them at the weekend.
• His boss asked him to take charge of the office for a few days while she was away.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Duty, obligation and responsibility
6. countable old-fashioned a person, especially a child, who is in your care and who you are responsible for
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Duty, obligation and responsibility

EXPLOSIVE
7. countable the amount of explosive to be fired at one time, or the bullet or other explosive object shot from a gun
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Bombs and missiles

MOVE FORWARD
8. countable an attack in which people or animals suddenly run forwards
• a charge of buffalo/elephants
• a police charge
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Moving quickly ↑Attacking and invading

ORDER
9. countable formal an order to do something
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Instructions and orders

SUPPLY ENERGY
10. countable usually singular specialized the amount of electricity that an electrical device stores or that a substance carries
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Electricity and electronics
11. on charge
UK If something is on charge, you are putting an amount of electricity into it
• Is it all right to leave/put the battery on charge overnight?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Electricity and electronics