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charge

noun (SUPPLY ENERGY)
 
 
/tʃɑːdʒ/ US  /tʃɑːrdʒ/

Definition

[C usually singular] specialized the amount of electricity that an electrical device stores or that a substance carriesElectricity and electronics on charge UK If something is on charge, you are putting an amount of electricity into it: Is it all right to leave/put the battery on charge overnight?Electricity and electronics
(Definition of charge noun (SUPPLY ENERGY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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