Electric charge
WordNet
noun
(1) The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
"The battery needed a fresh charge"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- the static electric energy of a charged body; the quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs
- a quantum number of some subatomic particles which determines their electromagnetic interactions; by convention the electron has an electric charge of -1, the proton +1 and quarks have fractional charge