chapter

[ chap-ter ]
/ ˈtʃæp tər /

noun

verb (used with object)

to divide into or arrange in chapters.

Origin of chapter

1175–1225; Middle English chapiter, variant of chapitre < Old French < Latin capitulum little head ( capit-, stem of caput head + -ulum -ule); in Late Latin: section of a book; in Medieval Latin: section read at a meeting, hence, the meeting, especially one of canons, hence, a body of canons

OTHER WORDS FROM chapter

chap·ter·al, adjective un·chap·ter, verb (used with object) un·chap·tered, adjective

Definition for chapter (2 of 2)

Chapter 11

or Chapter Eleven, Chapter XI


noun U.S. Law.

a section of the Bankruptcy Code that provides for the reorganization of an insolvent corporation under court supervision and can establish a schedule for the payment of debts and, in some cases, a new corporation that can continue to do business.

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British Dictionary definitions for chapter (1 of 2)

chapter
/ (ˈtʃæptə) /

noun

verb

(tr) to divide into chapters

Word Origin for chapter

C13: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, literally: little head, hence, section of writing, from caput head; in Medieval Latin: chapter of scripture or of a religious rule, a gathering for the reading of this, hence, assemblage of clergy

British Dictionary definitions for chapter (2 of 2)

chapter 11

noun

US the statute regarding the reorganization of a failing business empowering a court to allow the debtors to remain in control of the business to attempt to save it they are in chapter 11

Word Origin for chapter 11

C20: from chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act (1978)