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as in to rent
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
charter a boat
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2
as in to enable
British
to give official or legal power to
a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant
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as in grant
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Recent Examples of charter
Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are provided with a the charter experience.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
But as yacht owners, yacht builders, celebrities who charter superyachts, and all of my friends who are fascinated by them (even though none of us will ever be able to afford one) tell me, superyachts have an X-factor that transcends mere money.
—Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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Verb
That distinction matters in understanding how charter funding works in this case.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are provided with a the charter experience.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
The new municipality will be able to levy taxes on its residents, oversee permitting and zoning, initiate eminent domain, apply for municipal bonds, and charter a police department.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
But as yacht owners, yacht builders, celebrities who charter superyachts, and all of my friends who are fascinated by them (even though none of us will ever be able to afford one) tell me, superyachts have an X-factor that transcends mere money.
—Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for charter
Verb
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Lori also served as the executive director at the North Idaho Housing Coalition, a nonprofit organization that renovated homes to rent or sell to low-income families.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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However, for convenience and comfort, your best bet is to rent a car.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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Offshore and domestic trusts can be structured to enable generational transfer while preserving legal separation.—
Blake Harris,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The Tapo app detects motion and enables you to set activity zones and privacy zones.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Despite both sides agreeing on the wording of a potential bilateral peace treaty in March, the talks on Thursday brought about little clarity on when the treaty could be finalized.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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The Paris Agreement, a binding treaty signed by nearly every nation on Earth, exists in large part to keep us from passing this threshold.—
Daniel A. Gross,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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The grant is being accompanied by the formation of a new board to develop and oversee a reinvigorated vision that will carry the 180-year old cemetery into the future.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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Federal officials argue there is no law or provision in the Constitution that compels the EPA to make these grants to these groups.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 July 2025
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With less than a month before school begins, Gary Community School Corp. staffers made one thing clear during Thursday’s school board meeting – the district is hiring.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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The Sisters of Bon Secours – the nuns who ran the home from 1925 to 1961 – hired a consulting company that denied a mass grave altogether, saying there was no evidence children had been buried there.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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On Sunday, President Donald Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration authorizing federal disaster aid and activating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
7 July 2025
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Lopez told Murray on Wednesday that he's no longer authorized to sell Infowars' assets and vacated the September order that detailed the terms of the auction.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Despite the losing streak, Posey opted to exercise an option for 2026 on Melvin’s contract.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
6 July 2025
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Years before signing a rookie contract with the Dallas Mavericks, netting him $13.8 million in the first year alone, Cooper Flagg had a more menial job.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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These assets can include things like patents, trade secrets, customer databases, employee skills, and company processes.—
Stephen Diorio,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Stedman, the Austin-Travis County EMS spokesperson, said at Friday's early morning news conference that all critical patents were taken to hospitals within 40 minutes.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Charter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charter. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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