Synonyms for charge

noun

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
• a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
• the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
• request for payment of a debt
• attention and management implying responsibility for safety
• a special assignment that is given to a person or group
• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
• the swift release of a store of affective force
• an impetuous rush toward someone or something
• a person committed to your care
• financial liabilities (such as a tax)
• the price charged for some article or service

verb

• move quickly and violently
• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
• demand payment
• direct into a position for use
• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
• file a formal charge against
• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
• give over to another for care or safekeeping
• provide (a device) with something necessary
• attribute responsibility to
• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
• 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
• enter a certain amount as a charge
• fill or load to capacity
• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
• instruct or command with authority
• lie down on command, of hunting dogs
• make an accusatory claim
• pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
• place a heraldic bearing on
• saturate
• set or ask for a certain price