charge

Naija

Etymology

Fom English: charge

Pronunciation

• tʃâdʒ

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Noun

1. Money wey person go pay for someting.

   • Wetin dem charge you for dat coat?  — (Egbokhare_2021, How much were you charged for the suit?)
   • CBN say dis new order go help customers get sharp sharp solutions to some bank wahala like excess charge, withdrawal wey dem no use dia hand do and other things.  — (bbc__24037, the CBN believes the new directive would help reduce banking irregularities such as excess or error charges.)

2. Accusation wey de dey give person wey de catch sey e do wrong ting.

   • Authorities nack am charge say im carry dash Grace di degree.  — (bbc__18064, S/He was held culpable for certificate forgery in awarding a degree to Grace.)
   • Goment put charge of terrorism and oda crimes dem for dia head.  — (bbc__14671, They were accused of terrorism and related crimes.)
   • Di charge be say dem do mago-mago and dem put hand to help distribute illegal drugs.  — (bbc__33532, The charges levelled against them were corruption and illicit drug trading.)

3. Control

   • AFP Gabon Vice Presido Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou don take charge  — (bbc__9964, AFP Gabonese Vice President Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou has taken control of office.)
   • Im dey take charge of everyting wey we dey do.  — (JOS_14_Chibozor-View-About-Nigeria_MG__26, He is in charge of everything we are doing.)

4. Man prick wey ready to nack.

   • Na small rocking dem rock you, your body don charge .  — (NSC_2021, You are already aroused and you were just danced on.)

Related forms

• chargeoffice

Translations

• English: cost, accusation, command, arousal

Verb

1. Make person carry anoder person go court or nack am accusation.

   • E charge im papa go court sake of sey small ting e papa don give am dirty slap.  — (Egbokhare_2021, He/she took his father to court on the ground of assault.)
   • Uefa don charge Juventus player Cristiano Ronaldo with improper conduct for im goal celebration afta im club beat Atletico Madrid to reach di quarter-finals of the Champions League.  — (bbc__46100, Christiano Ronaldo who plays for Juventus has been charged for improper conduct by UEFA for his wild celebrations after his club triumphed voer Althleti )

2. Sey vex dey control person.

   • Di man charge con kill di thief.  — (NSC_ 2021, The man became so infuriated that he killed the thief.)

3. Sey de make person pay for service or for someting.

   • Na two ways DisCos dey take charge pipo for electricity wey dem use.  — (bbc__72138, DisCos have two methods of making people pay for electricity consumption.)
   • Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwuka, say, as par law, no federal university suppose charge school fees.  — (bbc__67337, the Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwuka, said that statutorily federal universities are not to charge tuition.)

4. Sey power dey enter someting or person.

   • When e low pass 50 percent try charge am, even if na small.  — (bbc__99788, However little the percentage, charge the battery when it becomes less than 50 per cent.)
   • She no see way charge her phone as di plane bin don shut down.  — (bbc__88749, She could not find a way to charge her phone )
   • Dis entrepreneur get one product wey be handbag for women wey fit charge phone.  — (bbc__40558, )

Translations

• English: to sue/charge someone, to be infuriated, to charge a fee/payment