heavy, high
nominal, reasonable, small
minimum
fixed, standard
total
annual, daily, etc.
standing (BrE)
There is a quarterly standing charge.

additional, extra
bank (esp. BrE), commission, handling, interest
maintenance, service
delivery, shipping (esp. AmE)
admission, call, call-out (BrE), cover, hire (BrE), prescription (BrE)

impose, introduce, levy, make
We make a small charge for wrapping your gift.

waive
They agreed to waive the delivery charges.

incur
All changes will incur a charge.

pay
increase
reduce
reverse the charges (= when telephoning)

at a charge
This service is available at a nominal charge.

for a charge
The hotel operates a bus service to the beach for a small charge.

charge for
There is no charge for this service.

charge on
a charge on company profits

free of charge (= without any charge)
The company will deliver free of charge.

grave, heavy (esp. AmE), serious
lesser, reduced
He was found guilty on a reduced charge of assault.

baseless, false, trumped-up
civil, criminal, disciplinary, felony (AmE), misdemeanor (AmE)
assault, conspiracy, corruption, drug (esp. AmE), drugs (esp. BrE), fraud, murder, etc.

bring, file, lay, level, make, pursue
Police have brought a charge of dangerous driving against the man.

drop, withdraw
answer, face
She is almost certain to face criminal charges.

avoid
The company has managed to avoid criminal charges in this case.

admit
He has admitted the murder charge.

deny, dismiss, dispute (esp. AmE), rebut (esp. AmE), refute, reject
The prime minister dismissed the charge that he had misled Parliament.

fabricate, trump up
He accused the government of fabricating the charges for political reasons.

investigate
settle (only used with charges)
The company agreed to pay $20 million to settle insider-trading charges.

prove, substantiate
The charges will be difficult to prove.

dismiss, throw out
The court dismissed the charge against him.

allege sth
new charges alleging the misuse of funds

sheet (BrE)
At the police station a charge sheet was made out.

on a/the charge
She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.

without charge
to be detained/held/released without charge

charge against
The charges against you have been dropped.

charge of
a charge of armed robbery

charge related to, charge relating to
charges relating to the embezzlement of public funds

bring charges (against sb), prefer charges (against sb) (BrE), press charges (against sb)
Many victims of crime are reluctant to press charges against their attackers.

overall
The conductor has overall charge of the train.

personal
She took personal charge of the files.

sole
Stephen will take sole charge for the time being.

temporary (BrE)

have
take
We need somebody to take charge of the financial side.

place sb in, put sb in
John has been put in charge of marketing.

in charge (of sb/sth)
I need to feel more in charge of my life.

in sb's charge, under sb's charge
The child is under my charge until her mother returns.

baton (BrE), cavalry
They were driven back by a police baton charge.

lead
Young people are leading the charge to clean up the city.
Allen led the charge, but could they get a goal back?

directly

be entitled to, be free to, have a right to
Companies are free to charge whatever they like for their services.

against
Research and development expenditure is charged against profits in the year it is incurred.

at
Calls will be charged at 90 cents a minute.

for
We don't charge for delivery.

on
The bank charges a commission on all foreign currency transactions.

to
The cost is charged directly to the profit and loss account.

charge sth to sb's account
€50 will be charged to your account.

formally
jointly (BrE)
The teenagers were jointly charged with attempted murder.

in connection with
A man has been charged in connection with the attack.

with
She has not yet been formally charged with the crime.

headlong
blindly
around, round (esp. BrE)
The children were all charging around outside.

in, out

at
I was worried that the animal might charge at us.

down
I heard the sound of feet charging down the stairs.

forward, into
She charged into the room.

out of, through, towards/toward
The rhino charged headlong towards/toward us.

up

Charge is used with these nouns as the subject:
bank, critic, elephant, indictment, police

Charge is used with these nouns as the object:
battery, cellphone, commission, defendant, fare, fee, interest, mobile phone, penalty, premium, price, rate, rent, royalty, sum, supplement, suspect, tax, toll, tuition