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- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 price asked for sthADJECTIVE▪ 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 crimeADJECTIVE▪ 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 controlADJECTIVE▪ 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 attackADJECTIVE▪ 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.
▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Allen led the charge, but could they get a goal back?
verb1 ask sb to pay moneyADVERB▪ directlyVERB + 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 accusationADVERB▪ 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/attackADVERB▪ headlong▪ blindly▪ around, round (esp. BrE)▪The children were all charging around outside.
▪ in, outPREPOSITION▪ 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
