chart /; AmE / noun, verb

■ noun [C]

BAR CHART, BREAK-EVEN CHART, FLIP CHART, FLOW CHART, GANTT CHART, LINE CHART, OPERATION PROCESS CHART, ORGANIZATION CHART, PIE CHART

1

a page or sheet of information in the form of diagrams, lists of figures, etc:

a sales chart (= showing the level of a company's sales)

◆ The chart shows the growth of exports and imports over the last 30 years. See note at GRAPH

❖ to draw/make/produce a chart

◆ the chart depicts/shows sth

2 (especially AmE) = GRAPH

■ verb [+ obj]

1

to record or follow the progress or development of sb/sth:

The software allows you to chart how a particular product is selling at any given moment.

2

to plan a course of action:

We must chart a new course to win more customers.

The presentation charted the company's goals for the next four years.

• interim dividend
• interim injunction
• interim management
• interim payment
• interims
• intermediary
• intermediate goods
• intermediate technology
• intermediation
• intern
• internal
• internal audit
• internal consultancy
• internal customer
• internal equity
• internal labour market
• internal market
• internal rate of return
• Internal Revenue Code
• Internal Revenue Service
• internal search
• international
• International Accounting Standards
• International Accounting Standards Board
• international airport