Collocations for "charge"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "charge" in context.
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charge
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [service, shipping, delivery] charge
- an [unexpected, additional, erroneous] charge
- bank charges
- a charge for the [room, service]
- what is this charge for?
- a charge on my (credit) card
- has [been, made] a charge [on, to] my account
- a charge of [$50]
- a charge per [project, order, person, month]
- [without, free of] charge
- we'll [repair, replace] it at no charge
- have no battery charge (left)
- still have a (full) charge
- take charge of the [situation, project, room, company]
- am in charge here
- who is in charge here?
- during the enemy charge (on)
- [one, the] final charge for [victory, success]
- a [murder, robbery, grand larceny] charge
- the [police, court, defendant, neighbor] dropped the charges
- charges were [pressed, filed] against the (attacker)
- (tried) on charges of [robbery]
- the [coach's, tutor's, nurse's] charges
- the [coach] and his charges
- charge a [purchase, sale] (to)
- charge a [fee, fine]
- charge it [on, to] a credit card
- your card has been charged (with $50)
- charge [$50] to [clean the house, fix the washing machine]
- charged me ($50) [to, for]
- charged for a [service, product]
- don't charge for [television, internet, the gymnasium]
- charged us for using the [television]
- charged me for the use of the [television]
- charged me to use [the, her] [television]
- charged by the [company, doctor, repairman]
- police (have) charged him with [murder, assault, stealing]
- (suspect) is charged with [a crime, attempted murder]
- was charged with [murder]
- charge her with [overseeing security, the position of vice president]
- charge (up) your [MP3 player, battery, phone]
- charge your [MP3 player] up
- charge your account (with)
- the [soldiers, horsemen, cavalry, army] charged the enemy
- charged past (the)
- came charging in (on horses)
'charge' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
SOB
- account
- admission
- attendant
- bank
- battery
- booking
- brokerage
- cancellation
- carrier
- casting
- chiefly
- commission
- complain
- convenience
- depth
- deputy
- device
- dig
- director
- discipline
- distribution
- don
- drunk
- elephant
- elk
- enforcement
- entertaining
- fee
- feeding
- felony
- firing
- flat
- fleet
- foreman
- formerly
- governance
- greeting
- grooming
- guilty
- harassment
- henceforth
- hour
- idiot
- implementation
- incur
- issuance
- jail
- janitor
- kidnap