charge : Idioms & Phrases


admission charge

  • noun the fee charged for admission
    entrance money; price of admission; admission; admission price; admission fee; entrance fee.
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Back charge

  • . See under Back, a.
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Back charges

  • charges brought forward after an account has been made up.
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banzai charge

  • noun a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'
    banzai attack.
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Bursting charge

  • noun a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
    charge; burster; bursting charge.
    • this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
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  • . (a (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc. (b (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting.
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carrying charge

  • noun charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan
  • noun the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership
    carrying cost.
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charge account

  • noun credit extended by a business to a customer
    open account; credit account.
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charge account credit

  • noun a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
    revolving credit; open-end credit.
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Charge and discharge

  • (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery.
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charge card

  • noun a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
    charge card; plastic; credit card.
    • do you take plastic?
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charge d'affaires

  • noun the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador
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Char`gé" d'af`faires" noun (Also<
  • Charge d'affaires
  • Chargé d'affaires
)
Etymology
F., "charged with affairs."
Wordforms
plural Chargés d'affaires
Definitions
  1. A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.
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charge of quarters

  • noun an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours
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charge per unit

  • noun amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
    rate.
    • a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5
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charge plate

  • noun a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
    charge card; plastic; credit card.
    • do you take plastic?
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Charge sheet

  • noun the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
    rap sheet; police blotter; day book; blotter.
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  • the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations.
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charge unit

  • noun a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)
    quantity unit.
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charge up

  • verb cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
    commove; turn on; excite; agitate; charge; rouse.
    • The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
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charge-exchange accelerator

  • noun an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange
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conservation of charge

  • noun the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
    conservation of electricity.
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cover charge

  • noun a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
    cover.
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depreciation charge

  • noun an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property
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depth charge

  • noun a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device
    depth bomb.
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double-charge

Dou"ble-charge` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
  2. To overcharge. Shak.
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drop-off charge

  • noun a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented
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electric charge

  • noun the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
    charge.
    • the battery needed a fresh charge
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electrostatic charge

  • noun the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field)
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explosive charge

  • noun a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
    charge; burster; bursting charge.
    • this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
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fixed charge

  • noun a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
    fixed cost; fixed costs.
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Free charge

  • (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity.
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free of charge

  • adverb without payment
    for free; gratis.
    • I'll give you this gratis
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handling charge

  • noun the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)
    handling cost.
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installation charge

  • noun the charge for installing something
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ionic charge

  • noun the charge on an ion is equal to a constant charge e multiplied by an integer from 1 to 15
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Landing charges

  • charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel.
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murder charge

  • noun an indictment charging someone with murder
    murder indictment.
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negative charge

  • noun having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential
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Negatively charged ∨ electrified

  • (Elec.), having a charge of the kind of electricity called negative.
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negatively charged

  • adjective satellite having a negative charge
    negative; electronegative.
    • electrons are negative
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Port charges

  • (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor.
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positive charge

  • noun having a deficiency of electrons; having a higher electric potential
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positively charged

  • adjective satellite having a positive charge
    positive; electropositive.
    • protons are positive
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Positively chargedelectrified

  • (Elec.), having a charge of positive electricity; opposed to negatively electrified.
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Proof charge

  • (Firearms), a charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength.
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Rent charge

  • (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; so called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it, Bouvier.
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revolving charge account

  • noun a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance
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service charge

  • noun a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service
    service fee.
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sleep-charged

Sleep"-charged` adjective
Definitions
  1. Heavy with sleep.
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take charge

  • verb assume control
    take hold; take control.
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take in charge

  • verb accept as a charge
    undertake.
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To fasten a charge, ∨ a crime, upon

  • to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.
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To sound the charge

  • to give the signal for an attack.
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