chart

noun

• a sheet of information in the form of a table, graph, or diagram:the doctor recorded her blood pressure on a chart
• (usually the charts) a weekly listing of the current bestselling pop records:she topped the charts for eight weeks
• a geographical map or plan, especially one used for navigation by sea or air: a chart of the English coast
• (also birth chart or natal chart) Astrology a circular map showing the positions of the planets in the twelve houses at the time of someone’s birth, from which astrologers are said to be able to deduce their character or potential.

verb

• 1 [with object] make a map of (an area):Cook charted the coasts and waters of New Zealand
• plot (a course) on a chart:the pilot found his craft taking a route he had not charted
• record the progress or development of:the poems chart his descent into madness a major series charting the history of country music

• 2 [no object] (of a record) sell enough copies to enter the music charts at a particular position:the record will probably chart at about No. 74