charge
verb (used with object)
to impose or ask as a price or fee.
is charging
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present progressiveof charge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Agencies are just looking to squeeze down that fee, and they’re playing hardball to try and cut the rate that Trade Desk is charging them,” said Luke Stillman, managing director of Madison and Wall.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 27, 2026
The children's home is unregistered and therefore illegal but the provider is charging a council elsewhere in the country £13,000 a week to care for a vulnerable teenage girl.
From BBC β May 20, 2026
Postal Service is charging an 8% fee on certain packages, its first fuel surcharge ever.
From Los Angeles Times β May 8, 2026
Can you just briefly explain what the Justice Department is charging here and why you think the case will fail, and why it’s just so worrying, even if it’s doomed to fail?
From Slate β May 4, 2026
My blood is charging so hard I hear Manchee creep a little ways away from me.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
