Dictionary entry

Charge (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Charge (?), v. i. 1. To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.

Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.

Glanvill.

Charge for the guns!” he said.

Tennyson.

2. To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.

3. To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.

4. To squat on its belly and be still; — a command given by a sportsman to a dog.