a load, burden, or weight; a quantity of ammunition powder for the firing of a gun; metallic ore to fill a furnace; a mental or moral load. See also burden, trust.
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Charge
Chariotry
Charivari
Examples: charge of curates—Bk. of St. Albans; of electricity; of gunpowder; of intelligence; of lead ore; of money; of snuff; of shot; of taxis—Lipton.