a legal interest in land or real estate created in favor of a creditor to ensure that the amount owing is paid off
Wiktionary Definition for: Charge
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, i.e. a child to a babysitter.
A load or burden.
The amount of money levy levied for a service.
An instruction.
An impetuous attack.
An electric charge.
basketball An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
To place a burden upon.
To assign a duty to.
Ex: ''I'm charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.''
To formally accuse of a crime.
Ex: ''I'm charging you with grand theft auto.''
To assign a debit to an account.
Ex: ''Let's charge this to marketing.''
To pay using a credit card.
Ex: ''Can I charge this with my corporate card?''
To cause to take on an electric charge.
Ex: ''Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.''
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
military To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
basketball To commit a charging foul.
cricket (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
To ready a firearm for use
Ex: ''Charge your weapons, we're moving up''
load, charge
''first-, third-person singular indicative present of charger''
''first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of charger''
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Byline: Amy Lane Starting this month, Michigan customers of SBC Communications Inc. will see a lower line charge on their phone bills. But lawmakers, concerned about whether the monthly common-line charge is a legitimate customer charge, want SB Byline: Amy Lane...
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The carriage charge dispute between BSNL and MTNL has been settled, with BSNL waiving the per-minute charge for MTNL for calls to the national capital region (NCR: Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, and NoidaNoida). In its place, BSNL will charge a consolidatThe carriage charge dispute between BSNL and MTNL has been settled,...
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