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reverse the charge

reverse the charge is the alternative form of reverse the charges.

Meaning of reverse the charges

Verb

reverse the charges (third-person singular simple present reverses the charges, present participle reversing the charges, simple past and past participle reversed the charges)

  1. (UK, intransitive) To make a telephone call for which the party who is called agrees to pay.
    Synonyms:
    call collect

Forms of reverse the charge

third-person singular presentreverses the charge
present participlereversing the charge
past participlereversed the charge
pastreversed the charge

Questions about reverse the charge

What is reverse the charge the alternative form of?
Reverse the charge is the alternative form of reverse the charges.

Words near reverse the charge in the dictionary

  1. reverse sweep
  2. reverse sweeps
  3. reverse swing
  4. reverse takeover
  5. reverse takeovers
  6. reverse the charge
  7. reverse the charges
  8. reverse thrust
  9. reverse thrusts
  10. reverse transcriptase
  11. reverse transcriptases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reverse the charge (page history and authors); reverse the charges (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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