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decharter

Syllables: de·char·ter/ˌdiːˈt͡ʃɑː.tə/US/ˌdiˈt͡ʃɑɹ.təɹ/

decharter noun: the act of revoking, annulling, or withdrawing a charter granted to an organization, municipality, corporation, or vessel.

Noun

decharter (plural decharters)

  1. The act of revoking, annulling, or withdrawing a charter granted to an organization, municipality, corporation, or vessel.

Verb

decharter (third-person singular simple present decharters, present participle dechartering, simple past and past participle dechartered)

  1. (transitive) To revoke, annul, or take away a charter previously granted to an organization, municipality, or corporation.
    • I got volleys of circular letters threatening to decharter our chapter or part of it if we didn't get subscriptions to the PALM.1922 MAY, CHAS. B. COOLIDGE, “WHAT THE PALM MEANS ΤΟ ΜΕ”, in THE PALM, volume XLII, number 2, THE ALPHA TAU OMEGA FRATERNITY, page 119
    • Bill Lippincott’s Non-Athletic Extra-Curricular Committee, which helps to charter and decharter student groups includes a couple of Council members.1947 October 31, Robert K. Heimann, “On the Campus”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume XLVIII, number 6, page 4
  2. (transitive) To terminate a vessel's charter before its agreed expiration.
    • The never looked anyone in the eye, they had flat heads, and although they did everything to win, as long as they belched forward like steam shovels they really didn’t care if they won or lost, which was lucky for them, because, after Roger took to the field and single-handedly prevented a single...2005 June 28, Mark Helprin, The Pacific and Other Stories, Penguin Publishing Group, page 181

Forms of decharter

Noun
pluraldecharters
Verb
third-person singular presentdecharters
present participledechartering
past participledechartered
pastdechartered

Origin of decharter

From de- + charter.

Words that rhyme with decharter

Questions about decharter

What does decharter mean?
Decharter means the act of revoking, annulling, or withdrawing a charter granted to an organization, municipality, corporation, or vessel.
What part of speech is decharter?
Decharter can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce decharter?
Decharter is pronounced /ˌdiːˈt͡ʃɑː.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of decharter?
The plural of decharter is decharters.

Words near decharter in the dictionary

  1. decharging
  2. decharm
  3. decharmed
  4. decharming
  5. decharms
  6. decharter
  7. dechartered
  8. dechartering
  9. decharters
  10. dechelatase
  11. dechelatases

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