charter
verb/ˈtʃɑːtə(r)/
/ˈtʃɑːrtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they charter | /ˈtʃɑːtə(r)/ /ˈtʃɑːrtər/ |
| he / she / it charters | /ˈtʃɑːtəz/ /ˈtʃɑːrtərz/ |
| past simple chartered | /ˈtʃɑːtəd/ /ˈtʃɑːrtərd/ |
| past participle chartered | /ˈtʃɑːtəd/ /ˈtʃɑːrtərd/ |
| -ing form chartering | /ˈtʃɑːtərɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɑːrtərɪŋ/ |
- charter something to hire a plane, boat, etc. for your own use
- They flew to Athens and then chartered a boat to the island.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc2, Transport by airc2- Special trains were chartered to take them to the festival.
- The club chartered a special flight from Manchester to Turin.
- The oil companies use both owned and chartered ships.
- [usually passive] charter something to state officially that a new organization, town or university has been established and has special rights
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta ‘paper’from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’.
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