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charter
[chahr-ter]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reserve, commission |
| Synonyms: | allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | book |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | register, arrange for |
| Synonyms: | bespeak, bill, charter, engage, enroll, enter, hire, line up, make reservation, order, organize, pencil in, preengage, procure, program, reserve, schedule, set up, sew up |
| Antonyms: | bow out, cancel |
| Main Entry: | constitutional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | provided for by law |
| Synonyms: | approved, chartered, democratic, ensured, lawful, legal, representative, statutory, vested |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hire for job, use |
| Synonyms: | appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board, charter, come on board, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with |
| Antonyms: | banish, discharge, dismiss, eject, expel, fire, let go, oust, release |
| Main Entry: | hire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commission for responsibility, use |
| Synonyms: | add to payroll, appoint, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, contract for, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, ink, lease, let, make use of, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on*, put to work, rent, retain, secure, select, sign on, sign up, sublease, sublet, take on, truck with, utilize |
| Antonyms: | discharge, fire, lay off, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incorporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include, combine |
| Synonyms: | absorb, add to, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, blend, charter, coalesce, consolidate, cover, dub, embody, form, fuse, gang up, hook in, imbibe, integrate, join, link, merge, mix, organize, pool, put together, start, subsume, tie in, unite |
| Antonyms: | divide, drop, exclude, separate |
| Main Entry: | lease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rent object, residence |
| Synonyms: | charter, hire, let, loan, rent out, sublease, sublet |
| Antonyms: | sell |
| Main Entry: | legal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | allowable, permissible |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, allowed, authorized, card-carrying, chartered, clean*, condign, constitutional, contractual, decreed, due, enforced, enforcible, enjoined, fair, forensic, granted, innocent, judged, judicial, juridical, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legalized, legit, legitimate, licit, on the level, on the up and up, ordained, passed, precedented, prescribed, proper, protected, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, statutory, straight, sure enough, valid, warranted, within the law |
| Notes: | lawful means allowed by law while legal means of or relating to or concerned with law |
| Antonyms: | illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | let |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rent out object, property |
| Synonyms: | charter, hire, lease, sublease, sublet |
| Antonyms: | buy, sell |
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