Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To charge, intrust, or distinguish with a double portion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
- transitive verb To overcharge.
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Examples
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Instead of adapting and evolving, old business companies would rather sue and/or double-charge customers.
Mmmm... Lunch, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Charge it up (bartenders who use this technique generally double-charge the canister, though the manufacturers wouldn't approve) and then shake it vigorously.
Green at the Gills 2008
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After all, the credit card processing on the next page took about three seconds, and if they clicked again they might double-charge their card or ruin the process.
Yay! 2005
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The winds dumped us at Kyllene, a typical tiny seaport, where because of the weather they had run out of fish and run out of patience, though they still knew how to double-charge for rooms.
See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005
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If the charge-carriers would have had a double-charge, tthe factor whioch would have been measured is four!
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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I guess the banks have spun this to "everything else we double-charge."
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Then it was off to Radio Shack, where some time back I'd noticed a double-charge on a receipt.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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Then it was off to Radio Shack, where some time back I'd noticed a double-charge on a receipt.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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Then it was off to Radio Shack, where some time back I'd noticed a double-charge on a receipt.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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Then it was off to Radio Shack, where some time back I'd noticed a double-charge on a receipt.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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