charge
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Is charge a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of charge?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.Examples: "Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade"countableuncountable
2. (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.countableuncountable
3. (property law) A mortgage.countableuncountable
4. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.countableuncountable
5. (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.countableuncountable
6. (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.Examples: "Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that."broadlycountableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.Examples: "Let's charge this to marketing."transitive
2. (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).Examples: "to charge high for goods"; "I won't charge you for the wheat."; "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting."ambitransitive
3. (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.Examples: "Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?"; "Can I charge this purchase?"UStransitive
4. (transitive, dated) To sell (something) at a given price.Examples: "to charge coal at $5 per unit"datedtransitive
5. (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.Examples: "I'm charging you with assault and battery."transitive
6. (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary