discharge Значение & определение

Значение на discharge на български

• 0 to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a law court:

  • Patients were discharged from the hospital because the beds were needed by other people.

  • More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years.

  • UK A peace protester was conditionally discharged for twelve months (= allowed to go free only if they do not commit a crime again for this period of time).

• 1 to send out a substance, especially waste liquid or gas:

  • Large amounts of dangerous waste are discharged daily by the factory.

  • The oil that discharged into the sea seriously harmed a lot of birds and animals.

• 2 to perform a task, especially an official one:

  • The city must discharge its legal duty to house the homeless.

• 3 to fire a gun, or to fire a shot from a gun:

  • The police stated that some 50 rounds had been discharged.

• 4 official permission to leave the armed forces, a prison, or a hospital:

  • The soldier received a dishonourable discharge for a disciplinary offence.

  • UK The judge gave him a one-year conditional discharge.

• 5 the act of sending out waste liquid or gas:

  • Thousands of fish were killed as a result of a discharge of poisonous chemicals from a nearby factory.

  • a vaginal discharge

• 6 the performance of duties or payment of money that is owed:

  • the discharge of his duties

• 7 the action of firing a gun

• 8 to allow someone to leave:

  • Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday.

• 9 to send out a substance, esp. waste matter:

  • [ I ] The soapy water from the washing machine will discharge directly into the waste line.

• 10 to shoot a gun:

  • [ I ] A gun accidentally discharged.

• 11 to perform a duty, esp. an official one:

  • He continued to discharge his duties as administrator of the fund.

• 12 the act of asking or allowing someone to leave a place, esp. a job:

  • [ C ] McCarthy held the rank of captain at the time of his discharge from the army.

• 13 the act of sending a liquid or gas out of something, or the substance that comes out:

  • [ C ] an oily discharge

• 14 to give someone an official order or legal permission to end their duty in the army, a court, a prison, etc.:

  • The judge discharged the jury and ordered a retrial.

  • He was honourably discharged from the Army three years ago.

• 15 if a company or organization discharges an employee, it makes them leave their job:

  • discharge sb for sth Several of the directors were later discharged for mismanaging shareholder funds.

• 16 to give a bankrupt person legal permission to stop owing a particular debt:

  • discharge a bankrupt First-time bankrupts are typically discharged automatically after 12 months.

  • discharge a debt Bankruptcy laws generally won't let people discharge their student loan debt.

• 17 to pay the total amount owed for a debt, loan, payment, etc.:

  • The company continues to discharge its loan repayment obligations in time.

• 18 to do an official task or duty:

  • discharge a duty/responsibility/obligation

• 19 if a business or factory discharges gas, chemicals, liquid waste, etc., it sends these substances into the air or water:

  • Companies must be issued a permit from the EPA before they are allowed to discharge.

  • discharge sth into sth The mine has a federal permit to discharge mine wastewater into the river.

• 20 to take goods off a ship or plane or to allow passengers to get off:

  • It took a whole day to discharge the ship.

• 21 the end of a debt, or an official order that ends someone’s duty to pay a debt:

  • Bankrupts must undergo credit counselling before receiving a discharge of their debts.

  • loan discharges and cancellations

• 22 a waste substance that is sent into the air or water from a factory or business:

  • $1 billion was spent to reduce the plant’s mercury discharge.

• 23 an official order that ends someone’s job:

  • He sued the company for wrongful discharge.

• 24 an official order or legal permission to leave your duty in the army, a court, a prison, etc.:

  • honourable/dishonourable discharge If convicted, his sentence will include a reduction in rank to private and a dishonourable discharge.

• 25 the act of doing a task or duty that you must do:

  • discharge of duties/responsibilities Employees found to have committed any breaches in the discharge of their duties will be reprimanded.

• 26 the job or activity of getting goods or passengers off a ship or plane:

  • The west docks are used for the loading and discharge of cargo.