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forecharges

forecharges is the plural of forecharge.

Meaning of forecharge

Noun

forecharge (plural forecharges)

  1. A charge made beforehand or in advance.
    • The city had a plan on paper which, as he had before stated, would cost 900,000l. and tho' comprehending a very extensive system of improvement, would be completed in 24 months, or three years at most, without any forecharge whatever.1796, The Parliamentary Register
  2. The shot in the forward part of a firearm cartridge.
    • The fore-charges were individually packed in thin metal containers and loaded in the gun that way;2014, Arthur J Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow

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Questions about forecharges

What is forecharges the plural of?
Forecharges is the plural of forecharge.

Words near forecharges in the dictionary

  1. forecautioned
  2. forecautions
  3. forechain
  4. forechains
  5. forecharge
  6. forecharges
  7. forechase
  8. forechases
  9. forecheck
  10. forechecked
  11. forechecker

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