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time charter

British  

noun

  1. the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period Compare voyage charter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“This issue comes up every single time charter reform comes up,” Feldstein Soto said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Freight rates are the prices charged to ship goods, and can be assessed on a time charter or in the daily spot market.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

This includes a time charter agreement supposedly signed in July 2005 by Blue Ocean and another Abramovich company in the BVI called Eyke Services.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

At the same time, charter schools, which are privately run but publicly funded, saw enrollment increase by 7 percent, or nearly 240,000 students, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2022

There was scarcely a battered tramp on the Seven Seas that was not his on time charter.

From Burning Daylight by London, Jack

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