Chare

Pronunciation

IPA: tÊƒÉ›É™

Alternative forms

char turn, task, chore, worker
chore narrow lane

Origin

From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher ("a turn"), from Old English Ä‹ierr, Ä‹err ("a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business"), from Proto-Germanic *karzijanÄ… ("to turn, sweep"), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- ("to turn, bend"). More at char.

Full definition of chare

Noun

chare

(plural chares)

Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
(UK dialectal, Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

Verb

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