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Noun

S: (n) charter (charter%1:10:00::) (a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation)
S: (n) charter (charter%1:10:01::) (a contract to hire or lease transportation)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form

Verb

S: (v) rent (rent%2:41:00::), hire (hire%2:41:01::), charter (charter%2:41:01::), lease (lease%2:41:01::) (hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services)
S: (v) charter (charter%2:41:00::) (grant a charter to)

S: (v) lease (lease%2:40:00::), rent (rent%2:40:00::), hire (hire%2:40:00::), charter (charter%2:40:00::), engage (engage%2:40:00::), take (take%2:40:03::) (engage for service under a term of contract) "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) get (get%2:40:00::), acquire (acquire%2:40:00::) (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract) "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

verb group
direct troponym / full troponym

S: (v) isolate (isolate%2:30:01::) (obtain in pure form) "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"

S: (v) preisolate (preisolate%2:30:00::) (isolate beforehand)

S: (v) win back (win_back%2:33:00::), get back (get_back%2:33:01::) (recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost) "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"
S: (v) press out (press_out%2:35:09::), express (express%2:35:11::), extract (extract%2:35:05::) (obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action) "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

S: (v) ream (ream%2:35:00::) (squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer) "ream oranges"

S: (v) capture (capture%2:35:00::), catch (catch%2:35:03::) (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping) "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"

S: (v) hunt (hunt%2:33:00::), run (run%2:33:02::), hunt down (hunt_down%2:33:00::), track down (track_down%2:33:00::) (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)) "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

S: (v) snipe (snipe%2:33:01::) (hunt or shoot snipe)
S: (v) whale (whale%2:33:00::) (hunt for whales)
S: (v) still-hunt (still-hunt%2:33:00::), ambush (ambush%2:33:01::) (hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing)
S: (v) turtle (turtle%2:33:00::) (hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation)
S: (v) drive (drive%2:33:00::) ((hunting) chase from cover into more open ground) "drive the game"
S: (v) drive (drive%2:33:01::) ((hunting) search for game) "drive the forest"
S: (v) rabbit (rabbit%2:33:00::) (hunt rabbits)
S: (v) fowl (fowl%2:33:00::) (hunt fowl in the forest)

S: (v) grouse (grouse%2:33:00::) (hunt grouse)

S: (v) poach (poach%2:33:00::) (hunt illegally) "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
S: (v) seal (seal%2:33:00::) (hunt seals)
S: (v) ferret (ferret%2:33:00::) (hunt with ferrets)
S: (v) course (course%2:33:00::) (hunt with hounds) "He often courses hares"
S: (v) foxhunt (foxhunt%2:33:00::) (hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs)
S: (v) jacklight (jacklight%2:33:00::), jack (jack%2:33:00::) (hunt with a jacklight)
S: (v) hawk (hawk%2:33:00::) (hunt with hawks) "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
S: (v) falcon (falcon%2:33:00::) (hunt with falcons) "The tribes like to falcon in the desert"
S: (v) fowl (fowl%2:33:01::) (hunt fowl)
S: (v) scrounge (scrounge%2:40:00::), forage (forage%2:40:00::) (collect or look around for (food))

S: (v) rustle (rustle%2:40:02::) (forage food)

S: (v) frog (frog%2:35:00::) (hunt frogs for food)
S: (v) bag (bag%2:35:01::) (capture or kill, as in hunting) "bag a few pheasants"
S: (v) batfowl (batfowl%2:35:00::) (catch birds by temporarily blinding them)
S: (v) rat (rat%2:35:00::) (catch rats, especially with dogs)
S: (v) trap (trap%2:35:00::), entrap (entrap%2:35:00::), snare (snare%2:35:00::), ensnare (ensnare%2:35:00::), trammel (trammel%2:35:00::) (catch in or as if in a trap) "The men trap foxes"

S: (v) gin (gin%2:35:00::) (trap with a snare) "gin game"

S: (v) come by (come_by%2:40:00::), come into (come_into%2:40:00::) (obtain, especially accidentally)

S: (v) stumble (stumble%2:40:10::), hit (hit%2:40:05::) (encounter by chance) "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

S: (v) buy (buy%2:40:00::), purchase (purchase%2:40:00::) (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction) "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

S: (v) buy back (buy_back%2:40:00::), repurchase (repurchase%2:40:00::) (buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away) "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago"
S: (v) take (take%2:40:02::) (buy, select) "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
S: (v) get (get%2:40:13::) (purchase) "What did you get at the toy store?"
S: (v) subscribe (subscribe%2:40:00::), subscribe to (subscribe_to%2:40:00::), take (take%2:40:04::) (receive or obtain regularly) "We take the Times every day"
S: (v) take over (take_over%2:40:03::), buy out (buy_out%2:40:00::), buy up (buy_up%2:40:00::) (take over ownership of; of corporations and companies)
S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:40:00::) (buy casually or spontaneously) "I picked up some food for a snack"
S: (v) take out (take_out%2:40:01::), buy food (buy_food%2:40:00::) (purchase prepared food to be eaten at home)
S: (v) impulse-buy (impulse-buy%2:40:00::) (buy on impulse without proper reflection)

S: (v) lease (lease%2:40:00::), rent (rent%2:40:00::), hire (hire%2:40:00::), charter (charter%2:40:00::), engage (engage%2:40:00::), take (take%2:40:03::) (engage for service under a term of contract) "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
S: (v) receive (receive%2:40:00::), have (have%2:40:03::) (get something; come into possession of) "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

S: (v) take in (take_in%2:35:02::), take up (take_up%2:35:01::) (accept) "The cloth takes up the liquid"

S: (v) fuel (fuel%2:40:03::) (take in fuel, as of a ship) "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"

S: (v) refuel (refuel%2:40:00::) (take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car)

S: (v) hustle (hustle%2:40:01::) (get by trying hard) "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
S: (v) accept (accept%2:40:07::) (receive (a report) officially, as from a committee)
S: (v) fence (fence%2:40:00::) (receive stolen goods)
S: (v) graduate (graduate%2:40:00::) (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies) "She graduated in 1990"
S: (v) inherit (inherit%2:40:01::) (receive by genetic transmission) "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

S: (v) turn (turn%2:40:13::) (get by buying and selling) "the company turned a good profit after a year"
S: (v) buy (buy%2:40:03::) (acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange) "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
S: (v) find (find%2:40:03::) (obtain through effort or management) "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
S: (v) glom (glom%2:40:13::) (seize upon or latch onto something) "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"
S: (v) enter upon (enter_upon%2:40:00::), come upon (come_upon%2:40:01::), luck into (luck_into%2:40:00::) (take possession of) "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
S: (v) line up (line_up%2:40:00::), get hold (get_hold%2:40:00::), come up (come_up%2:40:00::), find (find%2:40:01::) (get something or somebody for a specific purpose) "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
S: (v) accept (accept%2:40:00::), take (take%2:40:05::), have (have%2:40:05::) (receive willingly something given or offered) "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

S: (v) accept (accept%2:40:03::), admit (admit%2:40:00::), take (take%2:40:07::), take on (take_on%2:40:00::) (admit into a group or community) "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

S: (v) profess (profess%2:32:08::) (receive into a religious order or congregation)

S: (v) welcome (welcome%2:40:00::) (accept gladly) "I welcome your proposals"
S: (v) honor (honor%2:40:00::), honour (honour%2:40:00::) (accept as pay) "we honor checks and drafts"
S: (v) adopt (adopt%2:40:00::), borrow (borrow%2:40:01::), take over (take_over%2:40:05::), take up (take_up%2:40:00::) (take up and practice as one's own)

S: (v) obtain (obtain%2:40:00::) (come into possession of) "How did you obtain the visa?"

S: (v) carry (carry%2:33:02::) (secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)) "The motion carried easily"
S: (v) excavate (excavate%2:35:00::), dig up (dig_up%2:35:00::), turn up (turn_up%2:35:03::) (find by digging in the ground) "I dug up an old box in the garden"

S: (v) grub up (grub_up%2:35:00::), grub out (grub_out%2:35:00::) (dig up) "grub up roots and tree stumps"
S: (v) nuzzle (nuzzle%2:35:01::) (dig out with the snout) "the pig nuzzled the truffle"
S: (v) disinter (disinter%2:41:00::), exhume (exhume%2:41:00::) (dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies)

S: (v) extort (extort%2:36:00::), wring from (wring_from%2:36:00::) (get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner)

S: (v) pry (pry%2:36:00::), prise (prise%2:36:00::) (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry) "They pried the information out of him"

S: (v) kite (kite%2:40:00::) (get credit or money by using a bad check) "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
S: (v) source (source%2:40:00::) (get (a product) from another country or business) "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

S: (v) outsource (outsource%2:40:00::) (obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out) "Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce"

S: (v) procure (procure%2:40:00::), secure (secure%2:40:00::) (get by special effort) "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

S: (v) suborn (suborn%2:32:01::) (procure (false testimony or perjury))
S: (v) copyright (copyright%2:40:00::) (secure a copyright on a written work) "did you copyright your manuscript?"
S: (v) patent (patent%2:40:00::) (obtain a patent for) "Should I patent this invention?"
S: (v) engage (engage%2:40:01::), enlist (enlist%2:40:00::) (hire for work or assistance) "engage aid, help, services, or support"

S: (v) recruit (recruit%2:40:00::) (seek to employ) "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"

S: (v) extract (extract%2:40:00::) (get despite difficulties or obstacles) "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
S: (v) take out (take_out%2:40:02::) (obtain by legal or official process) "take out a license"; "take out a patent"
S: (v) get in (get_in%2:40:01::), get into (get_into%2:40:00::) (secure a place in a college, university, etc.)
S: (v) eke out (eke_out%2:40:00::), squeeze out (squeeze_out%2:40:00::) (obtain with difficulty) "He eked out some information from the archives"
S: (v) mooch (mooch%2:40:00::), bum (bum%2:40:00::), cadge (cadge%2:40:00::), grub (grub%2:40:00::), sponge (sponge%2:40:00::) (ask for and get free; be a parasite)

S: (v) freeload (freeload%2:40:00::) (live off somebody's generosity) "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"

S: (v) derive (derive%2:40:00::), gain (gain%2:40:03::) (obtain) "derive pleasure from one's garden"

S: (v) reap (reap%2:40:00::), draw (draw%2:40:00::) (get or derive) "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

S: (v) shop (shop%2:40:00::) (do one's shopping) "She goes shopping every Friday"

S: (v) market (market%2:40:05::) (buy household supplies) "We go marketing every Saturday"

S: (v) snag (snag%2:40:00::) (get by acting quickly and smartly) "snag a bargain"
S: (v) grab (grab%2:40:03::) (obtain illegally or unscrupulously) "Grab power"

S: (v) recover (recover%2:40:00::), retrieve (retrieve%2:40:00::), find (find%2:40:15::), regain (regain%2:40:00::) (get or find back; recover the use of) "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"

S: (v) access (access%2:40:00::) (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer)

S: (v) address (address%2:40:00::) (access or locate by address)
S: (v) log in (log_in%2:40:00::), log on (log_on%2:40:00::), log-in (log-in%2:40:00::) (enter a computer) "Have you logged in lately?"

S: (v) catch (catch%2:40:00::) (get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly) "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"
S: (v) recover (recover%2:40:01::), recoup (recoup%2:40:00::), recuperate (recuperate%2:40:00::) (regain or make up for) "recuperate one's losses"

S: (v) make up (make_up%2:41:00::), catch up with (catch_up_with%2:41:00::) (make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point) "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"

S: (v) reclaim (reclaim%2:40:00::), repossess (repossess%2:40:00::) (claim back)

S: (v) distrain (distrain%2:40:02::) (legally take something in place of a debt payment)
S: (v) foreclose (foreclose%2:40:00::) (subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage)

S: (v) find (find%2:40:00::), regain (regain%2:40:01::) (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost) "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

S: (v) feel (feel%2:40:00::) (find by testing or cautious exploration) "He felt his way around the dark room"
S: (v) locate (locate%2:40:00::), turn up (turn_up%2:40:00::) (discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining) "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"

S: (v) unearth (unearth%2:40:01::) (bring to light) "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"
S: (v) pinpoint (pinpoint%2:40:00::), nail (nail%2:40:00::) (locate exactly) "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

S: (v) fall upon (fall_upon%2:40:13::), strike (strike%2:40:00::), come upon (come_upon%2:40:09::), light upon (light_upon%2:40:00::), chance upon (chance_upon%2:40:00::), come across (come_across%2:40:02::), chance on (chance_on%2:40:00::), happen upon (happen_upon%2:40:00::), attain (attain%2:40:13::), discover (discover%2:40:00::) (find unexpectedly) "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
S: (v) rout up (rout_up%2:40:00::), rout out (rout_out%2:40:00::) (get or find by searching) "What did you rout out in the library?"

S: (v) acquire (acquire%2:40:06::), win (win%2:40:00::), gain (gain%2:40:01::) (win something through one's efforts) "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; "win someone's confidence and friendship"

S: (v) cozen (cozen%2:40:00::) (cheat or trick) "He cozened the money out of the old man"

S: (v) gain (gain%2:40:00::), take in (take_in%2:40:00::), clear (clear%2:40:00::), make (make%2:40:01::), earn (earn%2:40:01::), realize (realize%2:40:01::), realise (realise%2:40:01::), pull in (pull_in%2:40:00::), bring in (bring_in%2:40:01::) (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages) "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

S: (v) eke out (eke_out%2:40:01::), squeeze out (squeeze_out%2:40:01::) (make by laborious and precarious means) "He eked out a living as a painter"
S: (v) profit (profit%2:40:00::), turn a profit (turn_a_profit%2:40:00::) (make a profit; gain money or materially) "The company has not profited from the merger"

S: (v) line one's pockets (line_one's_pockets%2:40:00::) (make a lot of money)
S: (v) turn a nice dime (turn_a_nice_dime%2:40:00::), turn a nice penny (turn_a_nice_penny%2:40:00::), turn a nice dollar (turn_a_nice_dollar%2:40:00::) (make a satisfactory profit) "The company turned a nice dime after a short time"
S: (v) clean up (clean_up%2:40:04::) (make a big profit; often in a short period of time) "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"

S: (v) rake off (rake_off%2:40:00::) (take money from an illegal transaction)
S: (v) take home (take_home%2:40:00::), bring home (bring_home%2:40:00::) (earn as a salary or wage) "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?"
S: (v) rake in (rake_in%2:40:00::), shovel in (shovel_in%2:40:00::) (earn large sums of money) "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in"
S: (v) gross (gross%2:40:00::) (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
S: (v) yield (yield%2:40:00::), pay (pay%2:40:01::), bear (bear%2:40:01::) (bring in) "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

S: (v) net (net%2:40:01::), clear (clear%2:40:03::) (yield as a net profit) "This sale netted me $1 million"
S: (v) pay off (pay_off%2:40:02::) (yield a profit or result) "His efforts finally paid off"

S: (v) earn (earn%2:40:03::), garner (garner%2:40:01::), win (win%2:40:06::) (acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions) "its beauty won Paris the name 'City of Lights'"

S: (v) letter (letter%2:40:00::) (win an athletic letter)

S: (v) profit (profit%2:40:02::), gain (gain%2:40:02::), benefit (benefit%2:40:00::) (derive a benefit from) "She profited from his vast experience"

S: (v) cash in on (cash_in_on%2:40:00::) (take advantage of or capitalize on)
S: (v) profiteer (profiteer%2:40:00::) (make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods)
S: (v) capitalize (capitalize%2:40:00::), capitalise (capitalise%2:40:00::), take advantage (take_advantage%2:40:00::) (draw advantages from) "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
S: (v) pyramid (pyramid%2:40:00::) (enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts)
S: (v) net (net%2:40:00::), sack (sack%2:40:01::), sack up (sack_up%2:40:00::), clear (clear%2:40:04::) (make as a net profit) "The company cleared $1 million"

S: (v) partake (partake%2:40:00::), share (share%2:40:01::), partake in (partake_in%2:40:00::) (have, give, or receive a share of) "We shared the cake"

S: (v) cut in (cut_in%2:40:00::) (allow someone to have a share or profit)

S: (v) preempt (preempt%2:40:00::) (acquire for oneself before others can do so)
S: (v) preempt (preempt%2:40:02::) (gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land))
S: (v) collect (collect%2:40:03::), pick up (pick_up%2:40:01::), gather up (gather_up%2:40:00::), call for (call_for%2:40:00::) (gather or collect) "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
S: (v) inherit (inherit%2:40:00::) (obtain from someone after their death) "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
S: (v) borrow (borrow%2:40:00::) (get temporarily) "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:40:02::) (get in addition, as an increase) "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
S: (v) get (get%2:40:14::) (acquire as a result of some effort or action) "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
S: (v) poll (poll%2:41:02::) (get the votes of)

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