ADJ
- heavy, high
- reasonable, small
- minimum
- fixed, standard
- total
- annual, daily, etc.
- standing
- There is a quarterly standing charge
- additional, extra, further
- admission, bank, call, call-out, cancellation, commission, cover, handling, hire, interest, maintenance, prescription, service
VERB + CHARGE
- impose, introduce, levy, make
- We make a small charge for wrapping your gift
- waive
- They agreed to waive the cancellation charges
- incur
- All cancellations incur a charge
- pay
- increase
- reduce
- reverse the ~s
- (= when telephoning)
PREP
- at a ~
- This service is available at a nominal charge
- for a ~
- The hotel operates a bus service to the village for a small charge
- ~ for
- There is no charge for cashing traveller's cheques
- ~ on
- a charge on company profits
PHRASES
- free of charge (= without any charge)
- The company will deliver free of charge
ADJ
- grave, serious
- lesser, reduced
- He was found guilty on a reduced charge of assault
- baseless, false, trumped-up
- civil, criminal, disciplinary
- assault, corruption, drug/drugs, fraud, murder, etc.
VERB + CHARGE
- bring, file, lay, level, make
- Police have brought a charge of dangerous driving against the man
- bring, prefer, press (only used with charges)
- drop, withdraw
- answer, face
- She is almost certain to face criminal charges
- admit
- He has admitted the murder charge
- deny, dismiss, refute, reject
- The prime minister dismissed the charge that he had misled Parliament
- fabricate, trump up
- He accused the government of fabricating the charges for political reasons
- investigate
- prove, substantiate
- The charges will be difficult to prove
- dismiss, throw out
- The court dismissed the charge against him
CHARGE + VERB
- allege sth
- new charges alleging the misuse of funds
CHARGE + NOUN
- sheet
- At the police station a charge sheet was made out
PREP
- on a/the ~
- She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault
- without ~
- to be detained/held/released without charge
- ~ against
- The charges against you have been dropped
- ~ of
- a charge of armed robbery
- ~ relating to
- charges relating to the embezzlement of public funds
PHRASES
- bring/prefer/press charges (against sb)
- Many victims of crime are reluctant to press charges against their attackers
ADJ
- overall
- The conductor has overall charge of the train
- personal
- She took personal charge of the files
- sole
- Stephen will resume sole charge for the time being
- temporary
VERB + CHARGE
- have
- take
- We need somebody to take charge of the financial side
- resume
- place/put sb in
- John has been put in charge of marketing
PREP
- in ~ (of sb/sth)
- I need to feel more in charge of my life
- in/under sb's ~
- The child is under my charge until the mother returns from abroad
ADJ
- baton, cavalry
- They were driven back by a police baton charge
VERB + CHARGE
- lead
- Allen led the charge, but could they get a goal back?
- sound
- The bugle sounded the charge
VERB + CHARGE
- be entitled to, be free to, have a right to
- Firms are free to charge whatever they like for their services
PREP
- against
- Research and development expenditure is charged against profits in the year it is incurred
- at
- Stamp Duty will be charged at one per cent
- for
- We don't charge for delivery
- on
- The bank charges a commission on all foreign currency transactions
- to
- The cost is charged directly to the profit and loss account
PHRASES
- charge sth to sb's account £
- 50 will be charged to your account
ADV
- formally
- jointly
- The teenagers were jointly charged with attempted murder
PREP
- in connection with
- A man has been charged in connection with the attack
- with
- She has not yet been formally charged with the offence
ADV
- headlong
- around/round, in, out
- The children were all charging around outside
PREP
- at
- I was worried that the animal might charge at us
- down
- I heard the sound of feet charging down the stairs
- into
- She charged into the room
- out of, through, towards
- The rhino charged headlong towards us
- up