n.
1.a seat for one person, with a support for the back
2.the position of professor
3.the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
4.an instrument of execution by electrocution chair v.
1.act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
2.preside over
Idiom of the Day
make it up to (someone)
to do something for someone in order to compensate for an unfulfilled promise or debt
I cannot help you tonight but I will make it up to you later.