[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discharge \discharge"\, n. cf. f. d'echarge. see
   discharge, v. t.
   1. the act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge
      or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the
      discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
      1913 webster

   2. firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion;
      letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
      1913 webster

   3. act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs
      upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation,
      etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
      1913 webster

   4. act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation,
      liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt,
      or the performance of a trust or duty.
      1913 webster

            indefatigable in the discharge of business.
                                                  --motley.
      1913 webster

            nothing can absolve us from the discharge of those
            duties.                               --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

   5. release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.;
      dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his
      employer.
      1913 webster

   6. legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the
      discharge of a prisoner.
      1913 webster

   7. the state of being discharged or relieved of a debt,
      obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
      1913 webster

            too secure of our discharge
            from penalty.                         --milton.
      1913 webster

   8. that which discharges or releases from an obligation,
      liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal
      document.
      1913 webster

            death, who sets all free,
            hath paid his ransom now and full discharge.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   9. a flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation;
      also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid
      discharge of water from the pipe.
      1913 webster

            the hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is
            a thin serous discharge.              --s. sharp.
      1913 webster

   10. elec. the equalization of a difference of electric
       potential between two points. the character of the
       discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the
       medium through which it takes place, the amount of the
       difference of potential, and the form of the terminal
       conductors on which the difference exists. the discharge
       may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective,
       disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   charge and discharge. equity practice see under charge,
      n.

   paralytic discharge physiol., the increased secretion
      from a gland resulting from the cutting of all of its
      nerves.
      1913 webster
see also:
discharge charge and discharge charge paralytic discharge 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

charge \charge\, n. f. charge, fr. charger to load. see
   charge, v. t., and cf. cargo, caricature.
   1. a load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
      1913 webster

   2. a person or thing commited or intrusted to the care,
      custody, or management of another; a trust.
      1913 webster

   note: the people of a parish or church are called the charge
         of the clergyman who is set over them.
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   3. custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office;
      responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.
      1913 webster

            'tis a great charge to come under one body's hand.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. heed; care; anxiety; trouble. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   5. harm. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   6. an order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
      1913 webster

            the king gave cherge concerning absalom. --2. sam.
                                                  xviii. 5.
      1913 webster

   7. an address esp. an earnest or impressive address
      containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a
      judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy.
      1913 webster

   8. an accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation;
      indictment; specification of something alleged.
      1913 webster

            the charge of confounding very different classes of
            phenomena.                            --whewell.
      1913 webster

   9. whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents,
      taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in
      the plural.
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   10. the price demanded for a thing or service.
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   11. an entry or a account of that which is due from one party
       to another; that which is debited in a business
       transaction; as, a charge in an account book.
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   12. that quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel,
       etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace,
       machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold,
       or which is actually in it at one time
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   13. the act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden
       onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the
       signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.
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             never, in any other war afore, gave the romans a
             hotter charge upon the enemies.      --holland.
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             the charge of the light brigade.     --tennyson.
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   14. a position of a weapon fitted for attack; as, to bring
       a weapon to the charge.
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   15. far. a sort of plaster or ointment.
       1913 webster

   16. her. a bearing. see bearing, n., 8.
       1913 webster

   17. cf. charre. thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig
       weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.
       1913 webster

   18. weight; import; value.
       1913 webster

             many suchlike "as's" of great charge. --shak.
       1913 webster

   back charge. see under back, a.

   bursting charge.
       a mil. the charge which bursts a shell, etc.
       b mining a small quantity of fine powder to secure
           the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in
           blasting.

   charge and discharge equity practice, the old mode or
      form of taking an account before a master in chancery.

   charge sheet, the paper on which are entered at a police
      station all arrests and accusations.

   to sound the charge, to give the signal for an attack.

   syn: care; custody; trust; management; office; expense; cost;
        price; assault; attack; onset; injunction; command;
        order; mandate; instruction; accusation; indictment.
        1913 webster
see also:
charge cargo caricature bearing charre charre 
back charge back bursting charge charge and discharge charge sheet 
to sound the charge 

Charge >> C Words
Charge, definition of term: Charge
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Discharge >> D Words
Discharge, definition of term: Discharge
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Charge Card >> C Words
Charge Card, definition of term: Charge Card
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Charge Up >> C Words
Charge Up, definition of term: Charge Up
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Charge Daffaire >> C Words
Charge Daffaire, definition of term: Charge Daffaire
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Positive Charge >> P Words
Positive Charge, definition of term: Positive Charge
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Service Charge >> S Words
Service Charge, definition of term: Service Charge
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Negative Charge >> N Words
Negative Charge, definition of term: Negative Charge
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Electric Charge >> E Words
Electric Charge, definition of term: Electric Charge
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Depth Charge >> D Words
Depth Charge, definition of term: Depth Charge
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