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Meaning:
Noun:
- An accusation.
- An electric charge.
- A load or burden; cargo.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- An instruction.
- basketball An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- heraldry An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- military A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
- responsibility.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
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Verb:
- To assign a duty to.
- basketball To commit a charging foul.
- cricket (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- military To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- To assign a debit to an account.
- To cause to take on an electric charge.
- To demand payment
- To formally accuse of a crime.
- To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
- To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- To place a burden upon.
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