Earlier this month, the company said it expected to report a substantial charge against fourth-quarter earnings.

Kleist was convinced that a substantial charge could be collected when he received a significant shock from the device.

We were told that there would be a substantial charge for what used to be a free option: buttonholes on the sleeves.

Minerals that still carry a substantial residual charge of energy from our attacks on the asteroid.

The company's fourth-quarter 1986 earnings reflected substantial charges for rail-restructuring costs.

No substantial charge of any kind has been leveled against them, and none can be proved.

As Ford reduces its work force further, it will continue to take substantial quarterly charges.

Industry analysts said the company's substantial charges for the costs of restructuring were largely in line with expectations.

Perhaps, but the Secretary of State finds the charges substantial enough to order you back to Washington.

The results for the 1989 period had been depressed by substantial one-time charges.