[f. as prec. + -ING2.]
1. That charges; in various senses of the verb.
1576. A. Hall, Acc. Quarrel (1815), 21. The Mayor, with charging wordes, commaunded him.
1886. Daily News, 8 Sept., 6/1. The 3-cell battery gives a light equal to 25 candles immediately after removal from the charging source.
2. Charging-order: an order from a judge binding the stocks or funds of a judgment debtor with the judgment debt.
1881. Times, 14 April, 10/4. That instead of a conveyance and mortgage, there should be substituted a simple charging-order, which should be free of stamp duty.
