charter
noun
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
have been chartering
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present perfect progressiveof charter.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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A number of countries have been chartering flights to evacuate citizens, including Australia, Canada, Demark, Italy, Norway, Spain and Switzerland.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2023
Meanwhile, oil companies have been chartering every available tanker, lifting freight rates for Persian Gulf-to-Britain shipments to $19 a ton, a 350% increase in less than a month.
From Time Magazine Archive
