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charge [< Cdn F] Fur Trade, Hist. 
n. the normal load carried by a voyageur on a portage, usually two pieces of ninety pounds each.
- 1828 (1872) . . . we had but three loads over and above the charge of each man.
- 1828 (1872) . . . we had but three loads over and above the charge of each man.