Meaning

• To assign a duty or responsibility to

• To assign (a debit) to an account

  "Let's charge this to marketing."

• To pay on account, as by using a credit card

  "Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?"

• To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.)

  "I won't charge you for the wheat"

• (possibly archaic) to sell at a given price.

  "to charge coal at $5 per unit"

• To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.

  "I'm charging you with assault and battery."

• To impute or ascribe

• To call to account; to challenge

• To place a burden or load on or in

• To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials

  "Charge your weapons; we're moving up."

• To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback

• (of a hunting dog) to lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog)