chapter
[ chap-ter ]
/ ˈtʃæp tər /
noun
verb (used with object)
to divide into or arrange in chapters.
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Origin of chapter
1175–1225; Middle English chapiter, variant of chapitre < Old French < Latin capitulum little head (capit-, stem of caput head + -ulum -ule); in Late Latin: section of a book; in Medieval Latin: section read at a meeting, hence, the meeting, especially one of canons, hence, a body of canons
Related formschap·ter·al, adjectiveun·chap·ter, verb (used with object)un·chap·tered, adjective
Definition for chapter (2 of 2)
Chapter 11
or Chapter Eleven, Chapter XI
noun U.S. Law.
a section of the Bankruptcy Code that provides for the reorganization of an insolvent corporation under court supervision and can establish a schedule for the payment of debts and, in some cases, a new corporation that can continue to do business.
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British Dictionary definitions for chapter (1 of 2)
chapter
/ (ˈtʃæptə) /
noun
verb
(tr) to divide into chapters
Word Origin for chapter
C13: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, literally: little head, hence, section of writing, from caput head; in Medieval Latin: chapter of scripture or of a religious rule, a gathering for the reading of this, hence, assemblage of clergy
British Dictionary definitions for chapter (2 of 2)
chapter 11
noun
US the statute regarding the reorganization of a failing business empowering a court to allow the debtors to remain in control of the business to attempt to save itthey are in chapter 11
Word Origin for chapter 11
C20: from chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act (1978)
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Word Origin and History for chapter
chapter
c.1200, "main division of a book," from Old French chapitre (12c.) "chapter (of a book), article (of a treaty), chapter (of a cathedral)," alteration of chapitle, from Late Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput (genitive capitis) "head" (see capitulum). Sense of "local branch" (1815) is from cathedral sense (late 15c.), which seems to trace to convocations of canons at cathedral churches, during which the rules of the order by chapter, or a chapter (capitulum) of Scripture, were read aloud to the assembled. Chapter and verse "in full and thoroughly" (1620s) is a reference to Scripture.
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