chartering
- 1Present participle and gerund of charter.
The company is chartering a private jet to fly its executives to the conference.
Chartering a yacht for the weekend turned out cheaper than booking separate cabins.
Note
The -ing form carries every meaning of the verb, so context decides which one is meant. Chartering a jet or a yacht is hiring by contract. Chartering an institution is granting the founding document that defines its privileges. In Canadian policing, chartering an arrestee means telling them their rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As a gerund it still takes a direct object, as in chartering vessels.
chartering is a form of charter
charter, verb: To lease or hire something, such as a ship, bus, or aircraft, by charter. Full entry
- Spelling
- charter → chartering: add -ing
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