charge
verb (used with object)
to impose or ask as a price or fee.
chargés
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pluralof chargé.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
chargeverb (used with object)to impose or ask as a price or fee.
Example Sentences
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His wife, who was comforted by other members of her family, watched from the public gallery as he answered "guilty" to dozens of charges.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
For criminal charges to be filed, the case must be referred by police to the district attorney’s office, which prosecutes felonies, or the city attorney, which handles most misdemeanors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Earlier this year, Tamara Rosenthal, the head of marketing at Taskrabbit, was surprised to see thousands of dollars in unfamiliar charges on her company credit card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
A month later, a state prosecutor said he could not prove Musk’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and would not bring charges.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Historians still debate the accuracy of the charges against these men and the fairness of the trial.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
He said France and other EU countries are thinking about “having a common site to several European countries where our ambassadors or chargés d’affaires can be present” in Afghanistan.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
In some countries, high-ranking government officials will not meet with anyone short of a formal U.S. ambassador, shunning the chargés d’affaires who have taken over in the interim.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
The allowance of a quarter's salary to ministers and chargés d'affaires to defray their expenses home.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
Notwithstanding the explicit language of this act, claims for outfits and salaries have been made—and allowed at the Treasury—by chargés d'affaires and secretaries of legation who had not been appointed in the manner specified.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
Almost all the European countries are represented in the Dominican Republic either by ministers, chargés d'affaires or consuls.
From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich
