discharge
 I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a patient is discharged (from hospital) (=allowed to leave it)
▪ The patient was discharged after eight days.
be discharged/dismissed from the army
▪ He developed epilepsy, a condition which led to him being discharged from the army.
be discharged/released from hospitalBritish English, be discharged/released from the hospital American English (= be allowed to leave a hospital because you are better)
▪ It was several weeks before he was released from hospital.
conditional discharge
dishonourable discharge
honorable discharge
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 ADVERB
conditionally
▪ Telford, of Wheatley, Doncaster, was conditionally discharged by town magistrates after admitting threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour.
▪ Cunningham was conditionally discharged for one year and ordered to pay a total of £65 compensation.
▪ He was conditionally discharged for twelve months and had to pay £15 compensation.
▪ Mr Hill and Mr Middleton were conditionally discharged by magistrates at Amersham.
▪ They were conditionally discharged but each was ordered to pay costs of 750 pounds.
▪ Previous convictions: several as a juvenile for theft and taking without consent: conditionally discharged on each occasion.
▪ He was conditionally discharged by Newcastle magistrates in December after admitting assaulting railway worker John Beach.
▪ Mitchell was conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £180 compensation and £85 costs.
NOUN
army
▪ He was discharged from the army six years ago suffering ill health which he believed to be connected to Gulf War Syndrome.
▪ Along came a young soldier, recently discharged from the army because his wounds made him unable to serve.
▪ The injections led to him suffering epileptic fits-a condition which later led to him being discharged from the Army.
▪ Worth cut expenditures by sending people who were on government rations home and discharging civilians on the army payroll.
▪ The story went that he was a dealer in jewels and furs who had been discharged from the army after Dunkirk.
care
▪ First, as a warning discharging the duty of care.
▪ In doing so they had discharged their duty of care.
▪ This is because the making of a residence order with respect to a child in care discharges an existing care order.
▪ Whether such a warning will discharge the duty of care will depend on the age of the entrant.
duty
▪ With technical work, the appointment of a competent contractor may be sufficient to discharge the duty.
▪ He has been twice a Member of Congress, and in that office discharged his duty with ability and faithfulness.
▪ First, as a warning discharging the duty of care.
▪ New agencies and new officials were created to discharge political and economic duties formerly assigned to the sovereign courts.
▪ In doing so they had discharged their duty of care.
▪ The wound healed well, and the patient was discharged to duty.
▪ But trust in the authority is trust that the authority is likely to discharge its duties properly.
▪ Whether such a warning will discharge the duty of care will depend on the age of the entrant.
effluent
▪ In a report on marine pollution, the organization states that 12,000 pipes have been licensed to discharge industrial effluent.
▪ It would run to a point directly behind the Falls and discharge its effluent into the cataract itself.
▪ Dioxins from the process may be discharged in factory effluent and some traces remain in the paper goods themselves.
▪ The company makes a wide range of bathroom ware and discharges its effluent into a fishless urban stream.
function
▪ Equally they sustain as well as designate those who discharge public functions.
▪ Parliament has chosen to discharge this function by placing primary responsibility upon a scrutiny committee formed especially for the purpose.
▪ Each of the Houses discharges a quasi judicial function in relation to the regulation of its own affairs.
▪ Social divisions, described in chapter 6, complicate the job of those who discharge the functions of the state.
hospital
▪ The hospitals may discharge them on it, but make sure it is continued.
▪ If the hospital can treat and discharge the patient for less than the fixed amount, it makes a profit.
▪ Robert was treated in hospital but discharged.
▪ Why are hospital patients discharged so quickly and what happens to people who can not afford the expense of convalescent care.
▪ The child was also taken to hospital but was later discharged.
liability
▪ If there is a Breach of Warranty the Insurer is discharged from liability from the day of breach.
obligation
▪ The need for those new lines to discharge that obligation will be considered by the inquiry.
▪ In Washington, for example, a teacher was discharged from his contractual obligation because of his deteriorating eyesight.
▪ Simpson will not be able to discharge his financial obligations to the victims' families by claiming bankruptcy.
order
▪ This prohibition applies to all proceedings under s34 including applications to vary or discharge existing orders.
▪ This also applies to an application for any order which would have the effect of varying or discharging an existing order.
▪ This is because the making of a residence order with respect to a child in care discharges an existing care order.
▪ For those reasons, I would discharge this order.
▪ A court has power to make a s8 order whether or not it varies or discharges the supervision order.
▪ For that reason I would discharge the judge's order.
▪ An application can be made to vary or discharge an order refusing contact as well as an order which permits it.
patient
▪ In recent years a policy of discharging long-stay psychiatric patients into the community has been introduced.
▪ In addition to discharging eligible patients, Gordon sought to change a series of other long-standing practices.
▪ Furthermore, health authorities could no longer discharge patients without an individual care plan being approved and agreed with the local authority.
▪ It proved difficult to discharge many of these patients.
responsibility
▪ All records were to be available to Cardiff city council to allow it to discharge its statutory responsibilities.
▪ Ways in which the authority can discharge its responsibilities for standard setting for all aspects of care will also require attention.
▪ There seemed to be no incompatibility between building a welfare state at home and discharging the responsibilities of a great power abroad.
▪ The question is whether he can discharge that responsibility to Parliament without being in day-to-day charge.
▪ I discharged my responsibility at the court, and that is that.
river
▪ Larger gravel is discharged back into the river.
water
▪ The forms include details of the process and quantities of waste discharged to land, water and air.
▪ John Glenn, D-Ohio, intends to introduce legislation that would prohibit ships from discharging organism-laced ballast water in estuaries.
▪ The contractile vacuole expands and eventually discharges the water it contains to the exterior through the cell membrane.
VERB
allow
▪ All records were to be available to Cardiff city council to allow it to discharge its statutory responsibilities.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He lost both his legs in an explosion and was discharged from the navy.
▪ Jefferson's gun accidentally discharged, killing him.
▪ The captain gave the order to discharge the cargo.
▪ The president called upon the soldiers to discharge their duty with honor.
▪ When Danny was discharged in 1961, he went to Los Angeles, looking for work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Between them was a tommy gun, discharging itself into the air.
▪ But on the whole he discharged it badly.
▪ Florence W., aged four, was to be handed over to her father as soon as he was discharged from prison.
▪ Neurons discharging in the cortical motor strip cause focal movements of the contralateral extremities.
▪ One of the four police officers injured in the explosion has been discharged from hospital.
▪ She had forgotten the sidearm, which she had kept sand-free but not discharged in months.
▪ There is emotional charge here somewhere which will discharge.
▪ Vicarious performance of a personal contract will not discharge the vendor nor bind the customer.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
absolute
▪ Nacro was given an absolute discharge, but the county council was fined £200 and ordered to pay more than £450 costs.
▪ Ronald Hutchinson, 70, of Heaton, was given an absolute discharge and ordered to pay £1,170 compensation.
▪ Sheila, 56, was given an absolute discharge at Blyth, Northumberland, after admitting breaking a smoking ban.
▪ I had a conditional discharge for one and an absolute discharge for the other.
▪ For adult offenders these had for many years been confined to absolute or conditional discharges, fines and probation orders.
▪ All four shops were found guilty, but were given an absolute discharge.
▪ Mr Neilsen was given an absolute discharge, told to pay £10 compensation and £350 in costs.
conditional
▪ I've had probation, conditional discharge, deferred sentences, suspended sentences - everything.
▪ Magistrates gave him a conditional discharge and disqualified him from driving for two years.
▪ The magistrate gave Mr Smith a conditional discharge on each count, but he was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £1800.
▪ Sigsworth was given a conditional discharge for 12 months.
▪ Magistrates gave him a 12month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay £35 costs.
▪ They were each given a two year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £35 costs.
dishonourable
▪ The outcome - a court-martial and a dishonourable discharge.
▪ After one too many dishonourable discharges the man was dishonourably discharged and Schultz found himself achieving early command.
electrical
▪ Such gases, mixed with water vapour, were subjected to electrical discharge and ultraviolet light.
▪ Ultraviolet radiation could do the same job as the electrical discharge in their laboratory.
▪ The deep rumbling beneath their feet abruptly stopped, and the electrical discharges faded away.
▪ The technical officer could not fail to be conscious of the lethal potential of an electrical discharge from the platform.
▪ Tiny electrical discharges zipped and buzzed about the hull as the fragile air was catalysed around them.
honorable
▪ An honorable discharge would mean that any reserve unit with openings would have to accept her application to fly.
▪ He wanted his honorable discharge reinstated.
▪ Then the Air Force could hardly acquiesce to an honorable discharge.
▪ He received an honorable discharge in 1968.
▪ With a less than honorable discharge, Smith may have difficulty obtaining employment.
nasal
▪ In more severe cases dyspnoea and tenacious nasal discharge are also present.
▪ A history of purulent nasal discharge may be obtained in headaches resulting from sinus disease.
▪ The nasal discharge and the discharge from the abscesses is highly infectious and this is how strangles is spread to other horses.
▪ Watery nasal discharge and obstruction goes from left to right nostril.
▪ Improved cleanliness of young children can reduce the nasal and ocular discharges that constitute a major reservoir of infectious material.
▪ However in heavy infections coughing is marked, and is accompanied by dyspnoea and nasal discharge.
▪ Relief often comes with a discharge such as the menses or a nasal discharge etc.
vaginal
▪ Vaginal discharge Vaginal discharge is one of the commonest female complaints and one that is in general poorly understood and looked after.
▪ On examination there was little abnormal to see, the cervix looked very healthy and there was no excess of vaginal discharge.
▪ This rod-shaped bacterium is a not uncommon cause of an offensive vaginal discharge in women.
▪ In the female it is important to treat any cause of vaginal discharge.
▪ This is unlikely to produce anything more than a slight increase in vaginal discharge which has no particular distinguishing features.
▪ Any uncharacteristic vaginal discharge, especially if accompanied by lower abdominal pain or fever.
▪ When there is active infection, the virus can be found in saliva, urine, vaginal discharge, and semen.
▪ In particular, they are not associated with non-gonococcal urethritis and do not produce a typical vaginal discharge.
NOUN
hospital
▪ Even though all authorities met the 31 December deadline, good intentions on effective hospital discharges must still be proved.
▪ A booklet on hospital discharge procedures is now imminent from the Department of Health.
▪ They deal with hospital discharge procedures and state that district health authorities should obey circulars.
▪ Based at Southland hospital he will manage the hospital discharge scheme, organising support for people returning home after treatment.
▪ The hospital discharge data are based on disease episodes, not on separate patients.
▪ However, shortage of physiotherapy and other services, together with rapid hospital discharge, militates against such results being achieved.
VERB
apply
▪ So I applied for my discharge and it was granted.
▪ However, the same principles apply to planning the discharge of these patients.
give
▪ Nacro was given an absolute discharge, but the county council was fined £200 and ordered to pay more than £450 costs.
▪ The inspector general, relying upon the testimony of white citizens, recommended that the whole unit be given dishonorable discharges.
▪ Ronald Hutchinson, 70, of Heaton, was given an absolute discharge and ordered to pay £1,170 compensation.
▪ She wrote a letter telling him that the Marine Corps had given him a dishonorable discharge.
▪ Magistrates gave him a conditional discharge and disqualified him from driving for two years.
▪ Sigsworth was given a conditional discharge for 12 months.
reduce
▪ This will eliminate the disposal of waste acid in the North Sea and significantly reduce discharge to the River Tees.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Pain and a nasal discharge may mean the patient has a sinus infection.
▪ the discharge of a firearm
▪ Tony wanted to get married as soon as he got his discharge from the army.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But, the discharge having occurred, it takes time for such another potential to accumulate.
▪ Huge gaps were torn in the Confederate line at every discharge.
▪ Patients with generalized epilepsy often show generalized spike and wave discharges.
▪ Relief often comes with a discharge such as the menses or a nasal discharge etc.
▪ Secondly, patients in hospital may also avoid hasty discharge to residential or care homes if they face means tested charges.
discharge
I. dis‧charge1 /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ $ -ɑːr-/ verb
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : descharger, from Late Latin carricare 'to load']
1. SEND SOMEBODY AWAY [TRANSITIVE]to officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or the army, navy etc, or to tell them that they must leave:
▪ Hospitals now tend to discharge patients earlier than in the past.
▪ The judge discharged the jury.
discharge somebody from something
▪ Several of the recruits were discharged from the Army due to medical problems.
discharge yourself British English (=leave hospital before your treatment is complete)
conditionally discharge somebody British English (=let someone leave prison if they obey particular rules)
▪ Dunning was conditionally discharged for two years.
2. GAS/LIQUID/SMOKE ETC [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION, TRANSITIVE]to send out gas, liquid, smoke etc, or to allow it to escape
discharge something into something
▪ Sewage is discharged directly into the sea.
discharge into
▪ Rainwater collects here and then discharges into the river Kennett.
3. SHOOT [TRANSITIVE] formal to fire a gun or shoot an arrow etc:
▪ A soldier accidentally discharged his weapon.
4. DUTY/RESPONSIBILITY/DEBT ETC [TRANSITIVE] formal to do or pay what you have a duty to do or pay
discharge your duties/responsibilities/obligations etc
▪ The trustees failed to discharge their duties properly.
5. ELECTRICITY [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]if a piece of electrical equipment discharges, or if it is discharged, it sends out electricity
6. A WOUND [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]if a wound or body part discharges a substance such as pus (=infected liquid), the substance slowly comes out of it
7. GOODS/PASSENGERS [TRANSITIVE] formal to take goods or passengers off a ship, plane etc
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THESAURUS
▪fire (also dismiss formal) to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong :
▪ He was fired for surfing the Internet during work time.
▪ Harris was caught stealing, and was dismissed from his job.
▪sack/give somebody the sack British English informal to make someone leave their job, especially because they are not good at it, or because they have done something wrong :
▪ Bates was sacked from his job after the team failed to win any games.
▪ His boss gave him the sack for taking too much time off work.
▪lay somebody off to make a lot of workers, especially workers in a large factory or organization, leave their jobs, because there is not enough work for them to do, or not enough money to pay their wages :
▪ 3000 car workers have been laid off at the factory in Cleveland.
▪make somebody redundant British English to make someone leave their job because they are no longer needed :
▪ 5 staff will be made redundant at the end of this month.
▪let somebody go to make someone leave their job, Used by employers to avoid saying directly that they are getting rid of people :
▪ We’ve had to let two members of staff go.
▪discharge to make someone leave their job in the army, air force etc :
▪ Grant had been discharged from the navy for threatening an officer.
▪ease somebody out to make someone leave their job in a way that makes it seem as if they have chosen to leave :
▪ He had been eased out of office in an attempt to prevent a political crisis.
▪relieve somebody of their post/position formal to make someone leave their job because they have done something wrong. Used especially to avoid saying this directly, and also when the job is a powerful one :
▪ The colonel and two other senior officers were relieved of their posts.
II. dis‧charge2 /ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ $ -tʃɑːrdʒ/ noun formal
1. [UNCOUNTABLE]
when you officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or their job in the army, navy etc
discharge from
▪ Nurses visit the mother and baby for two weeks after their discharge from the hospital. ⇨ dishonourable discharge, honorable discharge
2. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
when gas, liquid, smoke etc is sent out, or the substance that is sent out
discharge of
▪ the discharge of toxic waste into the sea
3. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
when a substance slowly comes out of a wound or part of your body, or the substance that comes out
4. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
electricity that is sent out by a piece of equipment, a storm etc
5. [UNCOUNTABLE]
when someone performs a duty or pays a debt
discharge of
▪ the discharge of the college’s legal responsibilities
6. [UNCOUNTABLE]
when someone shoots a gun
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