charter-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: hold under lease or rental agreement

Commentary: Syntax Includes:

Examples:
The company will charter six buses for the picnic.
The couple chartered two jetskis.
The company chartered an oil tanker.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Renting
PropBank: charter.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: grant a charter

Examples:
The schoolboard chartered the experimental college.
They chartered the bank.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: engage for service under a term of contract

Examples:
We chartered an apartment on a quiet street.
Let's charter a car.
Shall we charter a guide in Rome?

Mappings:
VerbNet: get-13.5.1
FrameNet: Renting
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3