Chare Definition

cher
chared, charing
noun
A chore, esp. a household chore.
Webster's New World

Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").

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(UK dialectal, Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

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verb
To do chores.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.

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Other Word Forms of Chare

Noun

Singular:
chare
Plural:
chares

Origin of Chare

  • From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.

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