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rechartering

rechartering

7.4
An act of giving a group a new official document that lets it work
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈtʃɑːrtərɪŋ/
  • Formal
: renovación de carta
  • The council approved the rechartering of the nonprofit organization to enhance its community services.

Examples

  • The rechartering process allowed the museum to expand its educational programs and reach more visitors.

  • After years of operation, the school needed a rechartering to reflect its updated mission and goals.

  • This rechartering of fire institutions explains much of Australia's continual crisis, where fire control has shifted from the backcountry to the urban bush.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

renewal
vsrechartering
64 3.5

Making something new or making it last longer

applies specifically to granting a new governing document that lets an organization continue
reauthorization
vsrechartering
  • Formal
7 6.4

An official action that lets a law, program, or funding continue

focuses on granting formal organizational status via a new governing document
recharter
vsrechartering
  • Formal
1 7.9

The renewing of official permission for an organization to operate

is the same idea but presented as the ongoing action rather than the short label

Surface Forms

rechartering singular
recharterings plural

Morphology

rechartering = recharter (semi-transparent) = re + charter + ing

The noun is a regular -ing formation from the verb 'recharter', meaning the act or process of doing it.

Etymology

Rechartering comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and charter meaning 'a paper that gives permission'. So, rechartering is the act of giving that paper 'again'—renewing an organization's right to operate.