(chärj) v. charged, charg·ing v.t.
1. To lay or impose a load upon; to burden.
2. To put something into or upon; fill.
3. To exhort or instruct solemnly or authoritatively: to charge a jury.
4. Electr. To replenish, as a storage battery.
5. To accuse: with with: They charged him with reckless driving.
6. To make an onset against or attack upon, as a fort.
7. To emblazon, as with heraldic emblems.
8. To set or state, as a price.
9. To set down or record, as a debt to be paid or accounted for.
10. To load, as a weapon.
—v.i.
11. To demand or fix a price: Do you charge for your services?
12. To debit.
13. To make an onset: Charge!
14. To crouch or lie down, as hunting dogs.
—to charge off To regard or write off as a loss.
—to be in charge of
1. To have the responsibility or control of.
2. To be under the supervision or control of. See synonyms under ARRAIGN, ATTACK, ATTRIBUTE, LOAD.
—noun
1. The quantity of gunpowder, fuel, etc., put or to be put into a firearm, a furnace, etc.
2. The quantity of static electricity present in a saturated storage battery.
3. Physics The energy, measured in electrostatic units, present in an atomic particle, as the proton, electron, meson, etc.
4. Care and custody of that which is under one's care.
5. A price.
6. An entry of indebtedness.
7. A tax; expense; cost.
8. An address of instruction or admonition: the charge to a jury.
9. An accusation.
10. An impetuous attack or onslaught; also, the signal for it.
11. Her. A figure or device; a bearing.
12. Obs. A burden; load. See synonyms under CARE, CAREER, LOAD, OVERSIGHT, PRICE. [<OF chargier <LL carricare carry <carrus cart. Doublet of CARRY.]

(shär·zhā′) noun
A chargé d'affaires. [<F]