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Charge is a related term of room.

As a proper noun charge

is a commune in the indre-et-loire department in france.

As a noun room is

joy, happiness.

charge

English

(wikipedia charge)

Noun

(en noun)

The scope of someone's responsibility.

The child was in the nanny's charge .

* 1848 April 24, , opinion, United States ''v.'' Hutchison'', as reported in ''The Pennsylvania law Journal'', June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,''The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Pz-TAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA366&dq=key]:

He had the key of a closet in which the moneys of this fund were kept, but the outer key of the vault, of which the closet formed part, was in the charge of another person.

Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.

The child was a charge of the nanny.

A load or burden; cargo.

The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.

The amount of money levied for a service.

There will be a charge of five dollars.

An instruction.

I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.

(military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.

Pickett did not die leading his famous charge .

An accusation.

* 2005 , .

we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge ;

That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.

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.

(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.

A forceful forward movement.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=March 2 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal}}

A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.

to bring a weapon to the charge

A sort of plaster or ointment.

Weight; import; value.

* Shakespeare

many suchlike as's of great charge

A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds. Also charre.

Derived terms

* access charge * banzai charge * carrying charge * chargeback * chargecard * charge conjugation * charge density * charge hand * charge nurse * charge of quarters * charge-off * charge plate * charge sheet * color charge/colour charge * cover charge * deferred charge * depth charge * electric charge * finance charge * fixed charge * floating charge * free of charge * get a charge out of * in charge * late charge * negative charge * nonrecurring charge * partial charge * positive charge * press charges * redemption charge * reverse-charge * reverse the charge * sales charge * service charge * shaped charge * space charge * specific charge * take charge * trickle charge * user charge

Verb

(charg)

To place a burden upon; to assign a duty or responsibility to.

* John Locke

the charging of children's memories with rules

* Bible, Joshua xxii. 5

Moses charged you to love the Lord your God.

* Shakespeare

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.

# To formally accuse of a crime.

I'm charging you with grand theft auto.

# (ambitransitive) To require payment (for goods, services, etc.) of.

to charge high for goods

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}

Will I get charged for this service?

# To assign (a debit) to an account.

Let's charge this to marketing.

# To pay on account, (as) by using a credit card.

Can I charge my Amazon purchase to Paypal?

Can I charge this purchase?

# To impute or ascribe.

#* Dryden

No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time.

# To call to account; to challenge.

#* Shakespeare

to charge me to an answer

# To ornament with or cause to bear.

to charge an architectural member with a moulding

# (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.

He charges three roses.

# (heraldry) To add to or represent on.

He charges his shield with three roses or.

To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.

Charge your weapons; we're moving up.

* Shakespeare

their battering cannon charged to the mouths

# To cause to take on an electric charge.

Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.

# To add energy to (a battery).

He charged the battery overnight.

# To add energy to a battery within.

Don't forget to charge the drill.

# (intransitive, of a, battery) To gain energy.

The battery is still charging : I can't use it yet.

# (intransitive, of a, device containing a battery) To have a battery within gain energy.

His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.

To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.

# (military, transitive, and, intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.

The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.

# (basketball) To commit a charging foul.

# (cricket, of a, batsman) To take a few steps down 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 squat on the belly and be still; a command given by a hunter to a dog.

Derived terms

* charge down * charger * charge up * discharge * double-charge * overcharge * recharge * undercharge

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room

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) roum, rom, rum, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) rome, from (etyl) .

Adverb

(en adverb)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

(nautical) Off from the wind.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) roum, from (etyl) through Indo-European. More at (l). Apparently an exception to the , which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation , but /a?/ does not occur before noncoronal consonants in Modern English.

Noun

(en noun)

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) I:

Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two, that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion, and apostleshippe from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he myght goo to his awne place.

* 1748 , (Samuel Richardson), (Clarissa) :

Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.

(label) Space for'' something, or ''to carry out an activity.

* 2010 , Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian , 27 Aug 2010:

He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.

(label) A particular portion of space.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Overbury) (c.1581-1613)

If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) xiv. 8

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room .

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.

* 2010 , Roger Bootle, The Telegraph , 12 Sep 2010:

There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.

(label) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.

(label) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.

* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice) :

Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room .

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room', at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a '''room''' like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a ' room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}

(label) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.

* , chapter=6

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room . I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}

(label) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

(label) An area for working in a coal mine. (jump)

(label) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. (jump)

Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) ii. 22

When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.

* (rfdate) (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)

Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Let Bianca take her sister's room .

Quotations

* (English Citations of "room")

Synonyms

* (jump) elbow room, legroom, space * (jump) chamber, quarters * (jump) chamber * See also

Derived terms

* art room * AV room * backroom * ballroom * bathroom * bedroom * billiards room * blue room * boardroom * boiler room * box-room * break room * changing room * chat room * classroom * clean my room * cold room * common room * computer room * control room * copy room * courtroom * cutting room * darkroom * delivery room * dining room * discussion room * display room * dormroom * dressing room * elbow room * elephant in the room * embalming room * emergency room * engine room * examination room * fitting room * Florida room * front room * game room * get a room * giftwrapping room * green room * guest room * headroom * inner room * in the room * lamp room * laundry room * legroom * living room * locker room * lunchroom * map room * meditation room * meeting room * mud room * music room * need a room * newsroom * no room at the inn * operating room * padded room * panic room * plant room * play room * pool room * powder room * prep room * press room * private room * pump room * reading room * ready room * recording room * reptile room * romper room * room and board * room at the top * room for abuse * room for apology * room for dessert * room for error * room for improvement * room service * room to breathe * room to grow * room to roam * room with a view * roommate * roomie * roomy * rubber room * rumpus room * save room * school room * science room * screening room * sewing room * showroom * sitting room * sound room * spare room * standing room only * steam room * storeroom * strong room * study room * sunroom * the other room * the upper room * upstairs room * viewing room * waiting room * war room * washroom * weightroom * wiggle room * work the room * workroom

Verb

To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.

Derived terms

* roomer * room together * roomy

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External links

* (wikipedia "room")

Anagrams

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