charge

/ˈchärj/

Middle English chargen "to load, burden, trouble, accuse, impose a duty on, tax, call to account, attach importance to," borrowed from Anglo-French charger, carger, carker (also continental Old French), going back to Late Latin carricāre "to load onto a cart, transport," from carrum "vehicle, cart" + -icāre, verb formative

verb

  1. to fix or ask as fee or payment

  2. to ask payment of (a person)

  3. to record (an item) as an expense, debt, obligation, or liability

charged a new sofa

command order bid enjoin direct instruct charge mean to issue orders. command and order imply authority and usually some degree of formality and impersonality. command stresses official exercise of authority. order may suggest peremptory or arbitrary exercise.

noun

  1. the price demanded for something

  2. a debit to an account

  3. expense, cost

no admission charge

The purchase was a charge.

noun

  1. a customer's account with a creditor (such as a merchant) to which the purchase of goods is charged