chare

Meanings

1. Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
2. A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

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

Etymology

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.