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chare

[chair]
–noun, verb, chared, char⋅ing. Chiefly British.
char 3 .

char

3[chahr] noun, verb, charred, char⋅ring. Chiefly British
–noun
1. a charwoman.
2. a task, esp. a household chore.
3. chars, odd jobs, esp. of housework, for which one is paid by the hour or day.
–verb (used without object)
4. to work at housecleaning by the day or hour; hire oneself out to do odd jobs.
–verb (used with object)
5. to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair.
Also, chare.


Origin:
1375–1425; late ME, OE cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, affair, deriv. of cierran to turn
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