Commentary: CHARGE[+quantity][+money][+price][+of_something] price charged for some good or service
Examples:
Admission charges at movie theaters have been going up recently.
The bar doesn't have a cover charge except on Friday and Saturday nights.
We'll send you the first two issues of the magazine free of charge.
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 13
Commentary: CHARGE[+quantity][+money][+debt][+owed] a financial liability, what is owed
NOTE: implies a relation between parties, one owes the other, in contrast to pure abstract pricing of an object (Sense 1)
Examples:
They submitted their charges to customers at the end of each month. (amount customers owe them)
These charges on my bill don't seem to add up correctly.
The accountant said that a corporate asset of $500,000 should have been taken as a charge against earnings.
If you decide not to sign up for a subscription, the copy of the magazine is still yours, free of charge. (no payment owed)
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7, 12
Commentary: CHARGE[+event][+speech_act][+accusation][+of_guilt] an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offense; typically used in criminal law
Examples:
The newspaper published charges that the attorney had tried to bribe members of the jury.
He was arrested on a charge of murder.
Three people were arrested but later released without charge.
The woman may press charges against the doctor.
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 10
Commentary: CHARGE[+event][+speech_act][+directive][+instruction][+legal][+by_judge] formal instructions, directives from an authority, e.g., a judge advising a jury a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Examples:
The judge's charge to the jury was to ignore the preceding statement of the witness.
Before the jury retired for deliberations, the judge issued several charges concerning the legal points of the case.
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 15
Commentary: CHARGE[+event][+physical][+intentional][+rushing][+towards_object] an impetuous rush toward someone or something
Examples:
The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary.
The battle began with a cavalry charge.
The offensive charge gained their football team 22 yards in the last play.
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: CHARGE[+state][+goal][+assignment][+important] a special assignment that is given to a person or group
NOTE: a somewhat dated usage
Examples:
His charge was to deliver a message behind enemy lines.
The spy fulfilled his charge of smuggling fissile materials into the country.
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: CHARGE[+entity][+person][+dependent][+with_guardian] a person who is committed to your care
Examples:
The kindergarten teacher led her young charges across the street.
That nursing home was cited for several types of negligence concerning its charges.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
Commentary: CHARGE[+event][+state][+responsibility][+supervisory] implies an ongoing responsibility to supervise, manage, oversee something
Examples:
The Admiral has charge of the entire Pacific naval fleet.
They have put Mary in charge of the London sales office.
The new CEO will have to take charge of the financial mess left behind by his predecessor.
The patients in her charge are all terminally ill. (she oversees their care - refers to the responsibility -not- the people)
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: CHARGE[+quantity][+electricity][+on_body] the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
Examples:
The battery needed a fresh charge.
The electron has a negative charge and the proton a positive charge.
This particle has no charge.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11
Commentary: CHARGE[+entity][+substance][+explosive][+chemical] explosive charge - a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
Examples:
This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains.
The charges got wet and would not detonate.
The demolition crew planted charges strategically throughout the building.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 14
Commentary: CHARGE[+state][+emotional][+exhilaration] a feeling of exhilaration, a thrill or rush
Examples:
They got a great charge out of going over the waterfall in a kayak.
What a charge!
He got a quick charge from injecting heroin.
She gets a real charge out of working hard and solving problems.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: CHARGE[+state][+mental][+concentrated][+fixation][+on_something] the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
Examples:
Freud thought of charge as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: CHARGE[+entity][+artifact][+component][+heraldry][+on_shield] heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Examples:
His charge is a sharp design with lots of pointed edges
His opponent's charge consists largely of curved lines.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: CHARGE[+event][+transaction][+purchase][+with_credit_card] the act of purchasing on credit
NOTE: nominalization: X's charge of Y -> X charged Y
Examples:
Mary's charge of the dress on her old credit card would not go through.
The charge of $900 dollars of merchandise to his father's credit card got John into big trouble.
Mappings:
PropBank: charge.05
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)
Examples:
Mappings:
PropBank: NM