CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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charcuterie in CommonParlance
- definition a delicatessen that specializes in meats
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chard in CommonParlance
- definition beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
- definition long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
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chard plant in CommonParlance
- definition beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
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chard soup in CommonParlance
- definition a soup made from chard.
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chardonnay grape in CommonParlance
- definition white wine grape
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charge in CommonParlance
- definition an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- definition (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- definition the price charged for some article or service
- definition the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- definition attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- definition a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- definition a person committed to your care
- definition financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- definition (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- definition the swift release of a store of affective force
- definition request for payment of a debt
- definition a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- definition an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- definition heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- definition a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- definition to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- definition blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- definition demand payment
- definition move quickly and violently
- definition assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- definition file a formal charge against
- definition make an accusatory claim
- definition fill or load to capacity
- definition enter a certain amount as a charge
- definition cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- definition give over to another for care or safekeeping
- definition pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- definition lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- definition cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- definition place a heraldic bearing on
- definition provide (a device) with something necessary
- definition direct into a position for use
- definition impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- definition instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- definition instruct or command with authority
- definition attribute responsibility to
- definition set or ask for a certain price
- definition cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- definition energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- definition saturate
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charge account in CommonParlance
- definition credit extended by a business to a customer
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charge account credit in CommonParlance
- definition a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
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charge card in CommonParlance
- definition a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
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charge d'affaires in CommonParlance
- definition the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador
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charge of quarters in CommonParlance
- definition an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours
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charge per unit in CommonParlance
- definition amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
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charge plate in CommonParlance
- definition a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
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charge sheet in CommonParlance
- definition the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
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charge unit in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)
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charge up in CommonParlance
- definition cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
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charge-exchange accelerator in CommonParlance
- definition an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange
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chargeable in CommonParlance
- definition liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
- definition capable of being charged
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charged in CommonParlance
- definition of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
- definition fraught with great emotion
- definition supplied with carbon dioxide
- definition capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
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chargeman in CommonParlance
- definition a male workman employed to blast with explosives
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charger in CommonParlance
- definition formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
- definition a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable
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chargewoman in CommonParlance
- definition a female workman employed to blast with explosives
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charily in CommonParlance
- definition with great caution; warily
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chariness in CommonParlance
- definition the trait of being cautious and watchful
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chariot in CommonParlance
- definition a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage
- definition a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
- definition transport in a chariot
- definition ride in a chariot