charge

When you charge someone money, you ask them to pay the money for something that you have done for them or sold to them.

Example: We charge ten cents a page for copying.

When the police charge someone with a crime, they officially say that the person did something illegal.

Example: A short time later, police arrested the man and charged him with murder.

If you charge that something is wrong, you say it is.

Example: Many critics charge that our schools are not doing a good job.

When you charge something at a store, you put it on credit.

Example: The business man charged all of his meals to his company.

When you charge at a thing, you run toward it.

Example: The bull charged the man walking in the field.