charge

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noun

1 price asked for sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ heavy, high

▪ nominal, reasonable, small

▪ minimum

▪ fixed, standard

▪ total

▪ annual, daily, etc.

▪ standing (BrE)

▪

There is a quarterly standing charge.

▪ additional, extra

▪ bank (esp. BrE), commission, handling, interest

▪ maintenance, service

▪ delivery, shipping (esp. AmE)

▪ admission, call, call-out (BrE), cover, hire (BrE), prescription (BrE)

VERB + CHARGE

▪ impose, introduce, levy, make

▪

We make a small charge for wrapping your gift.

▪ waive

▪

They agreed to waive the delivery charges.

▪ incur

▪

All changes will incur a charge.

▪ pay

▪ increase

▪ reduce

▪ reverse the charges (= when telephoning) (BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ at a charge

▪

This service is available at a nominal charge.

▪ for a charge

▪

The hotel operates a bus service to the beach for a small charge.

▪ charge for

▪

There is no charge for this service.

▪ charge on

▪

a charge on company profits

PHRASES

▪ free of charge (= without any charge)

▪

The company will deliver free of charge.

2 official statement accusing sb of a crime

ADJECTIVE

▪ grave, heavy (esp. AmE), serious

▪ lesser, reduced

▪

He was found guilty on a reduced charge of assault.

▪ baseless, false, trumped-up

▪ civil, criminal, disciplinary, felony (AmE), misdemeanor (AmE)

▪ assault, conspiracy, corruption, drug (esp. AmE), drugs (esp. BrE), fraud, murder, etc.

VERB + CHARGE

▪ bring, file, lay, level, make, pursue

▪

Police have brought a charge of dangerous driving against the man.

▪ drop, withdraw

▪ answer, face

▪

She is almost certain to face criminal charges.

▪ avoid

▪

The company has managed to avoid criminal charges in this case.

▪ admit

▪

He has admitted the murder charge.

▪ deny, dismiss, dispute (esp. AmE), rebut (esp. AmE), refute, reject

▪

The prime minister dismissed the charge that he had misled Parliament.

▪ fabricate, trump up

▪

He accused the government of fabricating the charges for political reasons.

▪ investigate

▪ settle (only used with charges) (AmE)

▪

The company agreed to pay $20 million to settle insider-trading charges.

▪ prove, substantiate

▪

The charges will be difficult to prove.

▪ dismiss, throw out

▪

The court dismissed the charge against him.

CHARGE + VERB

▪ allege sth

▪

new charges alleging the misuse of funds

CHARGE + NOUN

▪ sheet (BrE)

▪

At the police station a charge sheet was made out.

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the charge

▪

She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.

▪ without charge

▪

to be detained/held/released without charge

▪ charge against

▪

The charges against you have been dropped.

▪ charge of

▪

a charge of armed robbery

▪ charge related to, charge relating to

▪

charges relating to the embezzlement of public funds

PHRASES

▪ bring charges (against sb), prefer charges (against sb) (BrE), press charges (against sb)

▪

Many victims of crime are reluctant to press charges against their attackers.

3 control

ADJECTIVE

▪ overall

▪

The conductor has overall charge of the train.

▪ personal

▪

She took personal charge of the files.

▪ sole

▪

Stephen will take sole charge for the time being.

▪ temporary (BrE)

VERB + CHARGE

▪ have

▪ take

▪

We need somebody to take charge of the financial side.

▪ place sb in, put sb in

▪

John has been put in charge of marketing.

PREPOSITION

▪ in charge (of sb/sth)

▪

I need to feel more in charge of my life.

▪ in sb's charge, under sb's charge

▪

The child is under my charge until her mother returns.

4 sudden attack

ADJECTIVE

▪ baton (BrE), cavalry

▪

They were driven back by a police baton charge.

VERB + CHARGE

▪ lead

▪

Young people are leading the charge to clean up the city.

▪

Allen led the charge, but could they get a goal back?

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verb

1 ask sb to pay money

ADVERB

▪ directly

VERB + CHARGE

▪ be entitled to, be free to, have a right to

▪

Companies are free to charge whatever they like for their services.

PREPOSITION

▪ against

▪

Research and development expenditure is charged against profits in the year it is incurred.

▪ at

▪

Calls will be charged at 90 cents a minute.

▪ for

▪

We don't charge for delivery.

▪ on

▪

The bank charges a commission on all foreign currency transactions.

▪ to

▪

The cost is charged directly to the profit and loss account.

PHRASES

▪ charge sth to sb's account

▪

€50 will be charged to your account.

2 make an official accusation

ADVERB

▪ formally

▪ jointly (BrE)

▪

The teenagers were jointly charged with attempted murder.

PREPOSITION

▪ in connection with

▪

A man has been charged in connection with the attack.

▪ with

▪

She has not yet been formally charged with the crime.

3 rush/attack

ADVERB

▪ headlong

▪ blindly

▪ around, round (esp. BrE)

▪

The children were all charging around outside.

▪ in, out

PREPOSITION

▪ at

▪

I was worried that the animal might charge at us.

▪ down

▪

I heard the sound of feet charging down the stairs.

▪ forward, into

▪

She charged into the room.

▪ out of, through, towards/toward

▪

The rhino charged headlong towards/toward us.

▪ up

Charge is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bank, ↑critic, ↑elephant, ↑indictment, ↑police

Charge is used with these nouns as the object: ↑battery, ↑cellphone, ↑commission, ↑defendant, ↑fare, ↑fee, ↑interest, ↑mobile phone, ↑penalty, ↑premium, ↑price, ↑rate, ↑rent, ↑royalty, ↑sum, ↑supplement, ↑suspect, ↑tax, ↑toll, ↑tuition