charge

To assign a duty or responsibility to.

(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.

(transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.

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

(dated) To sell at a given price.

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

To impute or ascribe.

To call to account; to challenge.

To ornament with or cause to bear.

(heraldry) To assume as a bearing.

(heraldry) To add to or represent on.

(transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.

(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.

(intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.

(military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.

(basketball) To commit a charging foul.

(cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.

(transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)