charges

Charge or charged may refer to:

• Charge (basketball), illegal contact by pushing or moving into another player's torso
• Charge (fanfare), a six-note trumpet or bugle piece denoting the call to rush forward
• Charge (heraldry), any object depicted on a shield
• Charge (pen spinning), a pen-spinning trick
• Charge (youth), an underage person placed under the supervision of a nobleman
• , two classes of diplomatic agents
• Criminal charge, a formal accusation made before a court by a prosecuting authority
• Charge (bugle call), a bugle call which signals to execute a charge
• Charge (pastoral), one or more congregations under the spiritual leadership of a minister or ministry team

• La charge est une fonction, un emploi ; elle peut être réelle ou honorifique.
• La charge militaire, une manœuvre consistant en une attaque frontale et massive.
• La charge utile d'un transport, ce qui est effectivement transporté par un moyen de transport donné.
• La charge de travail, en ergonomie, est le coût d'une activité.
• Les charges sociales, terme impropre servant à désigner les cotisations sociales, cotisations servant à financer la part socialisée des salaires.

Charge é um estilo de ilustração que tem por finalidade satirizar, por meio de uma caricatura, relatar algum acontecimento atual com um ou mais personagens envolvidos. A palavra é de origem francesa e significa carga, ou seja, exagera traços do caráter de alguém ou de algo para torná-lo burlesco.