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''
DETROIT -- General Motors announced late Tuesday that it is taking a $39 billion charge in its third-quarter earnings to stay in compliance with accounting laws that say a company can't keep booking tax credits if it doesn't have a track record of making money. GM...
Feb 13, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- The rules governing the charges levied against postgraduate fees at the University of New South Wales have been altered. For the first time, a nine per cent overhead charge, a library charge, a strategic priorities...
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By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 27--Delta Air Lines is scaling back -- but not giving up -- its plans to charge fliers for switching to another flight on their day of travel. The Atlanta...
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LONDON AFP — Chelsea have put Avram Grant in charge of their first team following the shock departure of Jose Mourinho, the club announced on Thursday. "Chelsea can confirm that Avram Grant and Steve Clarke will be in charge of the first team from today," a statement posted on...
AKRON, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 30, 1994--Chempower Inc. (NASDAQ:CHEM) announced today that it will take an estimated fourth quarter after-tax charge of $2 million to reserve for a cost over-run on one major firm-price contract scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 1995. Without the charge, the...
Mar 30, 2005 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) The "Tax Laws Amendment Improvements to Self Assessment Bill (No 1) 2005" will introduce a separate interest charge for shortfalls in income tax. The shortfall interest charge will replace the general interest charge...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--December 28, 1994--C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE-BCR) announced today that it plans to take an after-tax charge to 1994 fourth quarter earnings of $16.9 million or 33 cents per share for the settlement of a lawsuit and for legal and related expenses. The special...
LONDON AFP ? Everton striker Duncan Ferguson has escaped a Football Association charge over alleged racial abuse towards Fulham's Luis Boa-Morte. Chris Coleman's side had complained about the Scottish striker after the FA Cup fourth round tie at Goodison Park in January. They claimed Ferguson racially abused the...
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LONDON'S mayor Boris Johnson today scrapped the proposed pounds 25 charge on larger vehicles entering central London after a legal challenge by luxury carmaker Porsche. The company launched a judicial review against former mayor Ken Livingstone in February. Mr Johnson issued a statement saying he was "delighted" to be...
