charge
/ˈt͡ʃäːd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.02 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There will be a charge of five dollars."
- "There is a cancellation charge if you withdraw your order."
- "Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade"
- "Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal"
- "two charges of manslaughter"
- ""Ain't gone be no Rikers Island for you next time," I warned him. "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time.""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃäːd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/
Usage
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Phrases
access charge
Allen charge
apparent charge
banzai charge
bayonet charge
blasting charge
bluff charge
carrying charge