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Mortgage vs. Charge: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Published on February 16, 2024
A mortgage is a loan secured by real property, typically for purchasing that property, whereas a charge is a legal claim or lien on property as security for a debt or obligation.
Mortgage vs. Charge

Key Differences

A mortgage is a specific type of loan used for acquiring real estate, where the property itself serves as collateral. A charge, in a broader sense, is any lien or claim on an asset used as security for the repayment of a debt.
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In a mortgage, the borrower agrees to pay back the loan over a set period, with the property at risk of foreclosure if payments are not made. A charge can be levied on various types of assets, not just real estate, and it secures the asset for the creditor until the obligation is fulfilled.
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Mortgages are typically used by individuals to finance the purchase of a home or property. In contrast, charges can be used in various financial contexts, including corporate financing, where assets other than real estate can be used as collateral.
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The mortgage involves a legal agreement that transfers the property's title to the lender until the loan is repaid. A charge, especially a fixed charge, may not necessarily involve the transfer of title but still gives the creditor a right to the asset if the debtor defaults.
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Mortgages are often long-term arrangements, with terms ranging up to 30 years. Charges, depending on their nature, can be short-term or long-term, and their terms are defined by the underlying debt or obligation.
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Comparison Chart

Definition

Loan secured by real property, typically for buying it
Legal claim or lien on property as security for a debt
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Types of Assets

Specifically involves real estate
Can be imposed on various types of assets
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Duration

Often long-term (up to 30 years)
Can be short-term or long-term depending on the debt
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Transfer of Title

Involves transfer of property's title to lender
May not involve transfer of title
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Usage Context

Primarily for individual property purchases
Used in various contexts, including corporate financing
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Mortgage and Charge Definitions

Mortgage

A loan for purchasing property, with the property as collateral.
They took out a mortgage to buy their first home.
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Charge

Lien or encumbrance on property to ensure debt repayment.
The creditor obtained a charge against the debtor's property.
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Mortgage

Long-term borrowing to finance real estate, secured by the property.
The couple paid off their mortgage after 25 years.
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Charge

To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on
Charged him with the task of watching the young swimmers.
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Mortgage

Financial instrument for real estate purchase, subject to foreclosure.
Defaulting on the mortgage can lead to foreclosure.
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Charge

To instruct or urge authoritatively; command
Charged her not to reveal the source of information.
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Mortgage

Legal agreement transferring property title to the lender as security.
The bank holds the mortgage on the property until fully paid.
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Charge

(Law) To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
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Mortgage

A loan for the purchase of real property, secured by a lien on the property.
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Charge

To set or ask (a given amount) as a price
Charges ten dollars for a haircut.
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Mortgage

The document specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a loan.
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Charge

To hold financially liable; demand payment from
Charged her for the balance due.
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Mortgage

The repayment obligation associated with such a loan
A family who cannot afford their mortgage.
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Charge

To purchase on credit
Paid cash for the stockings but charged the new coat.
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Mortgage

The right to payment associated with such a loan
A bank that buys mortgages from originators.
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Charge

To load to capacity; fill
Charge a furnace with coal.
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Mortgage

The lien on the property associated with such a loan.
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Charge

To load (a gun or other firearm) with a quantity of explosive
Charged the musket with powder.
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Mortgage

To pledge (real property) as the security for a loan.
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Charge

To pervade or fill, as with a feeling or quality
The atmosphere was charged with tension.
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Mortgage

To make subject to a claim or risk; pledge against a doubtful outcome
Mortgaged their political careers by taking an unpopular stand.
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Charge

To make a claim of wrongdoing against; accuse or blame
The prosecutors charged him with car theft. Critics charged the writer with a lack of originality.
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Mortgage

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.
We're renting a property in the city centre because we can't afford to get a mortgage yet.
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Charge

To put the blame for; attribute or impute
Charged the accident to the driver's inexperience.
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Mortgage

(obsolete) State of being pledged.
Lands given in mortgage
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Charge

To rush against in an attack
The troops charged the enemy line.
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Mortgage

To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
To mortgage a property, an estate, or a shop
We mortgaged our house in order to start a company.
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Charge

(Basketball) To bump or run into (a defender) illegally while in possession of the ball or having just made a pass or shot.
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Mortgage

To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
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Charge

(Sports) To bump (an opponent) so as to knock off balance or gain control of the ball, as in soccer.
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Mortgage

A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made.
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Charge

(Sports) To body-check (an opponent) illegally, from behind or after taking more than two strides, especially in ice hockey.
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Mortgage

State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage.
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Charge

To cause formation of a net electric charge on or in (a conductor, for example).
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Mortgage

To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption.
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Charge

To energize (a storage battery) by passing current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
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Mortgage

Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation.
Mortgaging their lives to covetise.
I myself an mortgaged to thy will.
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Charge

To excite; rouse
A speaker who knows how to charge up a crowd.
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Mortgage

A conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
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Charge

To direct or put (a weapon) into position for use; level or direct.
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Mortgage

Put up as security or collateral
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Charge

(Heraldry) To place a charge on (an escutcheon).
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Mortgage

Borrower's obligation to repay a loan for property acquisition.
They are shopping for the best mortgage rates for their new house.
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Charge

To rush forward in an attack
The dog charged at the intruder.
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Charge

To rush forward; run
Children charging around the house.
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Charge

To demand or ask payment
Did not charge for the second cup of coffee.
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Charge

To make a purchase or purchases on credit.
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Charge

(Accounting) To consider or record as a loss. Often used with off.
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Charge

To become energized
The battery is still charging.
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Charge

Expense; cost
Added to the bill a charge for replacing the thermostat.
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Charge

The price asked for something
What's the charge for a new tire?.
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Charge

A debt or an entry in an account recording a debt
Are you paying cash or is this a charge?.
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Charge

A financial burden, such as a tax or lien.
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Charge

A weight or burden; a load
A freighter relieved of its charge of cargo.
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Charge

The quantity that a container or apparatus can hold.
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Charge

A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
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Charge

An assigned duty or task; a responsibility
The commission's charge was to determine the facts.
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Charge

Care; custody
A child put in my charge.
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Charge

Supervision; management
The scientist who had overall charge of the research project.
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Charge

One that is entrusted to another's care or management
The baby sitter's three young charges.
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Charge

An order, command, or injunction.
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Charge

Instruction given by a judge to a jury about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
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Charge

A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation
A charge of murder.
Pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Charge

A rushing, forceful attack
Repelled the charge of enemy troops.
The charge of a herd of elephants.
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Charge

The command to attack
The bugler sounded the charge.
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Charge

The intrinsic property of matter responsible for all electric phenomena, in particular for the electromagnetic force, occurring in two forms arbitrarily designated negative and positive.
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Charge

The net measure of this property possessed by a body or contained in a bounded region of space, measured in coulombs, ampere-hours, or units of elementary charge. Also called electric charge.
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Charge

See magnetic charge.
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Charge

See color charge.
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Charge

(Informal) A feeling of pleasant excitement; a thrill
Got a real charge out of the movie.
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Charge

(Heraldry) A figure or device represented on the field of an escutcheon.
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Charge

The amount of money levied for a service.
There will be a charge of five dollars.
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Charge

(military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
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Charge

A forceful forward movement.
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Charge

An accusation.
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Charge

An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
Two charges of manslaughter
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Charge

An accusation by a person or organization.
That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
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Charge

An electric charge.
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Charge

The scope of someone's responsibility.
The child was in the nanny's charge.
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Charge

Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
The child was a charge of the nanny.
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Charge

A load or burden; cargo.
The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
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Charge

An instruction.
I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
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Charge

(basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
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Charge

(firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
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Charge

(by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
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Charge

(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
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Charge

(weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
To bring a weapon to the charge
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Charge

(farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
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Charge

(obsolete) Weight; import; value.
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Charge

A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
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Charge

(ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
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Charge

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Charge

To assign a duty or responsibility to.
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Charge

(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
Let's charge this to marketing.
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Charge

(transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?
Can I charge this purchase?
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Charge

(ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
To charge high for goods
I won't charge you for the wheat.
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Charge

(dated) To sell at a given price.
To charge coal at $5 per unit
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Charge

(law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
I'm charging you with assault and battery.
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Charge

To impute or ascribe.
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Charge

To call to account; to challenge.
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Charge

(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
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Charge

To ornament with or cause to bear.
To charge an architectural member with a moulding
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Charge

(heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
He charges three roses.
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Charge

(heraldry) To add to or represent on.
He charges his shield with three roses or.
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Charge

(transitive) 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.
Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
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Charge

(transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
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Charge

(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
He charged the battery overnight.
Don't forget to charge the drill.
I charge my phone every night.
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Charge

To replenish energy.
The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet.
His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.
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Charge

(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
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Charge

To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.
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Charge

(basketball) To commit a charging foul.
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Charge

To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
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Charge

To lie on the belly and be still. A command given by a hunter to a dog
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Charge

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
A carte that charged was with hay.
The charging of children's memories with rules.
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Charge

To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.
Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
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Charge

To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
When land shall be charged by any lien.
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Charge

To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.
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Charge

To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.
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Charge

To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.
No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crimeOn native sloth and negligence of time.
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Charge

To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.
If he did that wrong you charge him with.
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Charge

To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.
Their battering cannon charged to the mouths.
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Charge

To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.
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To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.
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Charge

To call to account; to challenge.
To charge me to an answer.
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Charge

To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
Charged our main battle's front.
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Charge

To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.
"Charge for the guns!" he said.
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Charge

To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.
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Charge

To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.
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Charge

To squat on its belly and be still; - a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
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Charge

A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
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Charge

A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.
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Charge

Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.
'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand.
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Charge

Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.
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Charge

Harm.
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Charge

An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
The king gave cherge concerning Absalom.
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Charge

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.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.
The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; - usually in the plural.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

The price demanded for a thing or service.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

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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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

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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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

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.
Never, in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies.
The charge of the light brigade.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A sort of plaster or ointment.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; - called also charre.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Weight; import; value.
Many suchlike "as's" of great charge.
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
He was arrested on a charge of larceny
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

The price charged for some article or service;
The admission charge
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;
The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Request for payment of a debt;
They submitted their charges at the end of each month
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A impetuous rush toward someone or something;
The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
The battle began with a cavalry charge
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;
The battery needed a fresh charge
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Financial liabilities (such as a tax);
The charges against the estate
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A person committed to your care;
The teacher led her charges across the street
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Attention and management implying responsibility for safety;
He is in the care of a bodyguard
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A special assignment that is given to a person or group;
A confidential mission to London
His charge was deliver a message
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;
The judge's charge to the jury
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time;
This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

The swift release of a store of affective force;
They got a great bang out of it
What a boot!
He got a quick rush from injecting heroin
He does it for kicks
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;
Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle;
He saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;
He charged me director with indifference
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Demand payment;
Will I get charged for this service?
We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Move quickly and violently;
The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to;
He was appointed deputy manager
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

File a formal charge against;
The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Make an accusatory claim;
The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Fill or load to capacity;
Charge the wagon with hay
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Enter a certain amount as a charge;
He charged me $15
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;
After the second episode, she had to be committed
He was committed to prison
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Give over to another for care or safekeeping;
Consign your baggage
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt;
Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Lie down on command, of hunting dogs
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;
The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Place a heraldic bearing on;
Charge all weapons, shields, and banners
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Provide with munition;
He loaded his gun carefully
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Direct into a position for use;
Point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Instruct or command with authority;
The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Attribute responsibility to;
We blamed the accident on her
The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Set or ask for a certain price;
How much do you charge for lunch?
This fellow charges $100 for a massage
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on;
Charge a conductor
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge;
I need to charge my car battery
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

Saturate;
The room was charged with tension and anxiety
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Jan 22, 2024

Charge

A legal claim on an asset as security for a debt.
The company placed a charge on its assets to secure the loan.
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Jan 23, 2024

Charge

Financial obligation or claim secured by collateral.
A charge was levied on the firm's inventory for the outstanding debt.
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Jan 23, 2024

Charge

The act of pledging an asset as a guarantee for a loan.
They agreed to a charge on their commercial property for the credit line.
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Jan 23, 2024

Charge

Legal right given to a creditor over a debtor’s asset.
The bank has a charge on the equipment as collateral for the loan.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

What types of charges are there?

Charges can be fixed or floating, with fixed charges on specific assets and floating charges on a pool of assets.
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Feb 16, 2024

What is a mortgage primarily used for?

Mortgages are primarily used for financing the purchase of real estate.
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Feb 16, 2024

Can a charge be placed on assets other than real estate?

Yes, charges can be placed on various types of assets, not just real estate.
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Feb 16, 2024

Is insurance required for a mortgage?

Most lenders require property insurance for the duration of the mortgage.
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Feb 16, 2024

How long does a mortgage typically last?

Mortgages typically have long terms, often up to 30 years.
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Feb 16, 2024

Is it possible to have multiple mortgages on one property?

Yes, a property can have multiple mortgages, often ranked by priority.
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Feb 16, 2024

Can charges be imposed without the owner's consent?

Generally, charges require the asset owner's consent, unless imposed by legal proceedings.
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Feb 16, 2024

Are charges transferable?

Charges can be transferred or assigned if the underlying debt is transferred.
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Feb 16, 2024

What's a floating charge?

A floating charge is a security interest over a pool of changing assets.
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Feb 16, 2024

What happens if you default on a mortgage?

Defaulting on a mortgage can lead to foreclosure and loss of the property.
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Feb 16, 2024

Does refinancing affect the mortgage?

Refinancing involves replacing the current mortgage with a new one, often with different terms.
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Feb 16, 2024

Is a charge visible on property records?

Charges are often registered and visible on public property records.
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Feb 16, 2024

Can a mortgage be paid off early?

Yes, mortgages can often be paid off early, though there may be penalties.
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Feb 16, 2024

Can a charge lead to asset seizure?

If the debt is not repaid, a charge can lead to asset seizure by the creditor.
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Feb 16, 2024

What is mortgage refinancing?

Mortgage refinancing involves taking out a new mortgage to replace an existing one.
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Feb 16, 2024

Can a mortgage be transferred to another property?

Mortgages are typically specific to the property they are taken out for and cannot be transferred.
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Are charges specific to the type of debt?

Yes, charges are often specific to the type of debt and the nature of the collateral.
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Feb 16, 2024

What happens to a charge when the debt is repaid?

Once the debt is repaid, the charge is usually released or satisfied.
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Feb 16, 2024

What's the difference between mortgage interest and principal?

The principal is the amount borrowed, while the interest is the cost of borrowing.
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