CHARGE - noun

1

price

 [uncountable and countable] the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services:

Gas charges will rise in July.

charge of

an admission charge of $5

charge for

There's a 50 pence booking charge for each ticket.

Guided tours are provided at no charge.

Your order will be sent free of charge (=at no cost).

The shop will fit them for a small extra charge.

2

control

 [uncountable] the position of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an activity

in charge (of something)

He asked to speak to the person in charge.

the officer in charge of the investigation

Stern put Travis in charge of (=gave him control of) the research team.Owens came in and took charge of (=took control of) the situation.

A commander in each county was to have charge of the local militia.

3

somebody/something you look after

a) 

be in/under somebody's charge

if someone or something is in your charge, you are responsible for looking after them:

teachers that do their best for the children in their charge

The files were left in your charge.

b) [countable] formal someone that you are responsible for looking after:

Sarah bought some chocolate for her three young charges.

4

crime

 [countable] an official statement made by the police saying that they believe someone may be guilty of a crimeCOLLOCATIONS 
on a charge (of something)bring/press charges (=state officially that someone is guilty of a crime)face charges (=be accused of a crime)drop the charges (=decide to stop making charges)deny a chargeadmit a chargeplead guilty to a chargebe released without chargebe cleared/acquitted of a charge (=when someone is officially not guilty at the end of a trial)be convicted of a charge (=when someone is found guilty at the end of a trial)

charge against

He was found guilty of all six charges against him.

Phillips was arrested on drug charges.

The following morning, he was arrested on a charge of burglary.

Young appeared in court on a murder charge.

charge of

Higgins is facing a charge of armed robbery.

As it was his first offence, the store agreed not to press charges.

Police dropped the charges against him because of insufficient evidence.

Nine people have pleaded guilty to various charges.

Green was cleared of all charges against him.

5

blame

 [countable] a written or spoken statement blaming someone for doing something bad or illegal [= allegation]

charge that

the charge that tobacco companies target young people with their ads

charge of

a charge of racial discrimination against the company

deny/counter a charge (=say that a charge is untrue)

Wallace denied charges that he had lied to investigators.

lay/leave yourself open to a charge of something (=be likely to be blamed for something)

The speech laid him open to charges of political bias.

6

attack

 [countable] an attack in which soldiers or animals move towards someone or something very quickly

7

effort

 lead the charge

to make a strong effort to do something:

It was small businesses that led the charge against health care changes.

8

electricity

 [uncountable] electricity that is put into a piece of electrical equipment such as a battery

on charge (=taking in a charge of electricity)

Leave the battery on charge all night.