charge
verb (used with object)
to impose or ask as a price or fee.
have charged
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present perfectof charge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Wedgewood appears to have charged clients to conduct surveys on their behalf, a standard practice for aboveboard polling firms that could in this case amount to fraud.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
"He was also out the night before and wouldn't have had much sleep, and she didn't think he would have charged his phone enough."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those professions have charged high prices for work AI can now do some of.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The repair cost him pennies, much less than what the appliance manufacturer would have charged, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Tongue-tied? Half mad? If we’d gone to the police they would have charged us with every unsolved death in New England for the last five years.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
