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CHARGE

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1. What does CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
Sense 1/40: To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

2. What does CHARGE UP mean?
pronunciation
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

3. What does CHARGE CARD mean?
pronunciation
It's a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

4. What does CHARGE UNIT mean?
pronunciation
It's a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)

5. What does TAKE CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
Assume control

6. What does CHARGE PLATE mean?
pronunciation
It's a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

7. What does CHARGE SHEET mean?
pronunciation
The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station

8. What does COVER CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a fixed charge by a restaurant or night club over and above the charge for food and drink

9. What does DEPTH CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device

10. What does FIXED CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)

11. What does IONIC CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
The charge on an ion is equal to a constant charge e multiplied by an integer from 1 to 15

12. What does BANZAI CHARGE mean?
definition
It's a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'

13. What does MURDER CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's an indictment charging someone with murder

14. What does CHARGE ACCOUNT mean?
pronunciation
Credit extended by a business to a customer

15. What does FREE OF CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
Without payment

16. What does SERVICE CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service

17. What does TAKE IN CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
Accept as a charge

18. What does BURSTING CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

19. What does CARRYING CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
Charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

20. What does CHARGE PER UNIT mean?
pronunciation
Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis

21. What does DROP-OFF CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented

22. What does ELECTRIC CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

23. What does HANDLING CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
The cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)

24. What does NEGATIVE CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
Having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential

25. What does POSITIVE CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
Having a deficiency of electrons; having a higher electric potential

26. What does ADMISSION CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
The fee charged for admission

27. What does EXPLOSIVE CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

28. What does CHARGE D'AFFAIRES mean?
pronunciation
The official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador

29. What does CHARGE OF QUARTERS mean?
pronunciation
It's an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours

30. What does DEPRECIATION CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
It's an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property

31. What does INSTALLATION CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
The charge for installing something

32. What does ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
The electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field)

33. What does CHARGE ACCOUNT CREDIT mean?
pronunciation
It's a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time

34. What does CONSERVATION OF CHARGE mean?
pronunciation
The principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system

35. What does REVOLVING CHARGE ACCOUNT mean?
pronunciation
It's a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance

36. What does CHARGE-EXCHANGE ACCELERATOR mean?
pronunciation
It's an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange


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