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- chardonnet/ˈʃɑːdəneɪ/A type of white grape variety.nounC2
- chardzhou/ˈtʃɑːdʒuː/Chardzhou (also spelled Charjou or Çärjew) is the former name (until 1999) of the city Türkmenabat in Turkmenistan.nounVery Low
- charente/ʃæˈrɒnt/A geographical and administrative region in southwestern France; also a river flowing through this region.nounC2 (Proper noun, low-frequency outside specific geographic or gastronomic contexts)
- charente-maritime/ʃaˌrɒnt məˈrɪtɪm/A department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France, located on the Atlantic coast.nounC1
- chargaff/ˈkɑːɡæf/A surname of a renowned biochemist, Erwin Chargaff, most famous for formulating Chargaff's rules, the empirical observations about the base-pairing ratios in DNA (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).nounVery Low
- charge/tʃɑːdʒ/To demand or set a price for something; to formally accuse someone of a crime; to rush forward in attack; to supply electrical energy.nounverbverb-intransitive+1B1
- charge account/tʃɑːdʒ əˈkaʊnt/A business arrangement where a customer can buy goods or services and pay for them later, usually on a monthly basis.nounB2
- charge card/ˈtʃɑːdʒ ˌkɑːd/A payment card issued by a commercial entity that requires the balance to be paid in full each month, unlike a credit card which allows revolving credit.nounB2
- charge carrier/ˈtʃɑːdʒ ˌkæ.ri.ə/A particle or quasi-particle that carries an electric charge through a material, enabling electrical conduction.nounC2
- charge conjugation/tʃɑːdʒ ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/A fundamental symmetry operation in quantum field theory that transforms a particle into its antiparticle.nounC2
- charge d'affaires/ˈʃɑːʒeɪ dæˈfeə(r)/A diplomat who temporarily heads a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador or minister.nounC2
- charge densityʧɑːʤ ˈdɛnsɪtiA measure of electric charge per unit volume, area, or length.nounLow
- charge hand/ˈtʃɑːdʒ hænd/A supervisory worker ranking below a foreman, responsible for overseeing a small group of workers or a specific task in industrial, manufacturing, or construction settings.nounC1-C2 / Low-frequency domain-specific
- charge nurse/tʃɑːdʒ nɜːs/A senior nurse responsible for the management of a hospital ward or clinical unit during a shift.nounMedium
- charge of quarters/ˌtʃɑːdʒ əv ˈkwɔːtəz/A military duty, typically assigned to a non-commissioned officer (NCO), involving responsibility for the security, discipline, and administrative needs of a unit's personnel and facilities during off-duty hours, such as overnight or on weekends.nounC1
- charge of the light brigade, the/ˌtʃɑːdʒ əv ðə ˈlaɪt brɪˈɡeɪd/A specific historical event: a disastrous British cavalry charge during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War (1854).nounMedium-Low
- charge plate/ˈtʃɑːdʒ pleɪt/A small, flat, typically metal or plastic plate issued by a store to a customer, containing raised lettering identifying the customer and the store's account number, used to imprint sales slips for credit purchases at that specific store.nounLow frequency, Rare
- charge sheet/ˈtʃɑːdʒ ʃiːt/A formal police document listing the accusations against a person who has been arrested.nounB2
- charge-a-plate/ˈtʃɑːdʒ ə pleɪt/A small metal or plastic plate used by customers to imprint their name and account number on sales slips at retail stores, serving as an early form of credit card.nounVery Low
- charge-cap/ˈtʃɑːdʒ ˌkæp/A limit or maximum amount that can be charged for a service, particularly a financial or administrative fee.verbLow
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