chartering

There was little difficulty in chartering steamers to carry supplies to "The Islands."

I was near being delayed a day at Calais, France, but succeeded in chartering a boat to take me over the Channel.

Mayo's plan involved the modest venture of chartering a craft suitable for fishing.

Who could tell whether in the pursuit of science he might not insist on chartering a vessel, himself, for the Peruvian coast?

Incontrovertible proof of this charge was found in special legislation chartering banks and other corporations.