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charter

charter flight

noun CHAR-ter Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Origin: English charter, from Old French chartre.

Also means

charter (contract)

Usage Note

Charter is an invariable English loanword in Italian; plural is also charter. It most commonly appears as volo charter (charter flight), a non-scheduled flight booked by a group or tour operator. In legal contexts it can also mean a founding document, but this use is rare in Italian.

Examples

"Abbiamo preso un charter per le isole."

Natural Translation

We took a charter flight to the islands.

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