discharger Definition

discharge
verb

1. To allow someone to leave; to dismiss or send away (a person), especially from employment.

Thesaurus: fire, dismiss, let go, lay off, make redundant (Brit), cashier, sack (slang), can (US slang).
2. To perform or carry out (eg duties).
tr & intr
3. To flow out or make something flow out or be released.
4. law.
To release someone from custody.
tr & intr
5. To fire (a gun).

Thesaurus: shoot, fire.
6. law.
To pay off (a debt).
tr & intr
7. To unload (a cargo).
tr & intr
8. technical
To lose, or make (a device) lose, some or all electrical charge.

noun

1. The act of discharging.
2. Something discharged.
3. law., formal
Release or dismissal.
Thesaurus: firing, dismissal, the sack (slang), the boot (slang), release, liberation, emancipation, acquittal, pardon.
4. physics.
The flow of electric current through a gas in a discharge tube, often resulting in luminescence of the gas.
5. elec.
The release of stored electric charge from a capacitor, battery or accumulator.
6. elec.
A high-voltage spark of electricity produced when there is a large difference in electrical potential between two points, eg lightning.
7a. An emission of a substance, liquid, etc;

Thesaurus: ejection, voiding, discharging; secretion, emission, seepage, ooze.
7b. The substance, etc emitted.

Derivative: discharger
noun

Etymology: 14c: from French descharger.