charge Noun
US banks repay state support
The crisis-hit US major banks are breaking free from their state shackles.
On Wednesday Bank of America repaid the support from the bank protection fund TARP in the amount USD 45 billion (nearly EUR 30 billion) in one go.
And, according to reports from US broadcaster CNBC, Citigroup is also planning to repay the state support.
The institutions thereby want to wiggle themselves free from the restrictions going hand-in-hand with the acceptance of the money, such as the limits on manager bonuses and the paying of high charges.
Bank of America had raised some USD 19 billion from investors through convertible loans.
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WordNet 3.0 senses
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an impetuous rush toward someone or something
charge%1:04:01:: · charge.n.01
- the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
- the battle began with a cavalry charge
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(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
charge%1:10:00:: · charge.n.02
- he was arrested on a charge of larceny
Synonyms: complaint
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the price charged for some article or service
charge%1:21:02:: · charge.n.03
- the admission charge
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the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
charge%1:19:00:: · charge.n.04
- the battery needed a fresh charge
Synonyms: electric charge
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5
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
charge%1:04:00:: · care.n.05
- he is in the care of a bodyguard
Synonyms: care, tutelage, guardianship
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6
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
charge%1:04:03:: · mission.n.03
- a confidential mission to London
- his charge was deliver a message
Synonyms: mission, commission
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7
a person committed to your care
charge%1:18:00:: · charge.n.07
- the teacher led her charges across the street
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8
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
charge%1:21:01:: · charge.n.08
- the charges against the estate
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
charge%1:16:00:: · cathexis.n.01
- Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
Synonyms: cathexis
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10
the swift release of a store of affective force
charge%1:12:00:: · bang.n.04
- they got a great bang out of it
- what a boot!
Synonyms: bang, boot, rush, flush, thrill, kick
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11
request for payment of a debt
charge%1:10:03:: · charge.n.11
- they submitted their charges at the end of each month
Synonyms: billing
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12
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
charge%1:10:01:: · commission.n.06
- the judge's charge to the jury
Synonyms: commission, direction
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an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
charge%1:10:04:: · accusation.n.02
- the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
Synonyms: accusation
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heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
charge%1:06:01:: · charge.n.14
Synonyms: bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
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a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
charge%1:06:00:: · charge.n.15
- this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
Synonyms: burster, bursting charge, explosive charge