charter
63
5.5
- noun
- /ˈtʃɑːrtər/
:
chárter
- The tour company offers a week-long charter for yachts in the Mediterranean.
- a charter boat
- charter operators
- charter fishing
It's mainly a private charter fishing vessel, but we do have a public split charter style trip on Wednesday and Sundays.
- It's mainly a private charter fishing vessel, but we do have a public split charter style trip on Wednesday and Sundays.
- He had a private jet company that the nonprofit paid for his private charter jet, and he was one of the most well connected people in town.
- So we so essential people was was boat charter concierge marketing.
Examples
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Our charter has agreed to pay a sizeable bonus for timely arrival of his cargo in London.
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Tom balances tuna fishing with his more reliable sportfishing charter business, where he earns 70 percent of his income.
Fiction book (2001) -
Go out on - a charter boat.
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We worked for months to raise the money to afford the charter bus.
Academic text (2015) -
Total fish catch by the charter boat fleet was 2.2 million pounds.
Academic text (1993) -
How's the charter business, Bobby?
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It's mainly a private charter fishing vessel, but we do have a public split charter style trip on Wednesday and Sundays.
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In Wildwood, Stephen worked on a fishing boat, a deep-sea charter named The Pied Piper.
Fiction book (1990) -
We booked a charter bus for our school trip to the museum.
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They decided to rent a charter for their family vacation to the Bahamas.
Compounds
87
3.7
A public school run by teachers, parents, or community groups with more freedom than regular public schools
1
8.1
An official document from a king or queen that gives rights to an organization
- Formal
A court set up by a written agreement to decide disputes about a town or group's rules
- Literature
A UK law that lets the government watch people's online messages and activity
How Exclusive
63
5.5
42
1.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Charter comes from an old word charta meaning 'paper' or 'document', because people once wrote special papers to hire a whole boat or plane. So a 'charter' can mean the written contract that lets you rent a vessel or vehicle for a set time.