1. (n.)charter a document issued by a sovereign or state outlining the conditions under which a business, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
2. charter a document defining the formal organization of a corporate body; constitution: the Charter of the United Nations.
3. charter an authorization from a central or parent organization to establish a new branch, chapter, etc.
4. charter a document issued by a sovereign power granting certain rights or privileges to a group or individual.
5. charter an arrangement by which all or part of a ship, airplane, etc., is leased for a particular group or journey.
6. charter a tour, vacation, or trip using such an arrangement.
8. (v.t.)charter to issue a charter to; establish by charter: to charter a bank.
9. charter to lease or hire for exclusive use: The company chartered a bus for the picnic.
10. (adj.)charter pertaining to or involving transportation that is specially leased and not part of a regularly scheduled service: a charter flight to Europe.
11. charter available for lease or hire by private individuals: a charter boat for fishing.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME chartre < OF < L chartul(a) scrap of papyrus (by assimilation) =chart(a) (see chart ) +-ula -ule)
5. (verb)lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take engage for service under a term of contract "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
Definition of 'Charter'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Charter a written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance
2. (noun)Charter an instrument in writing, from the sovereignpower of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges
Definitions of Charter 
Afrikaans: magtigingsbrief
Arabic: صَك إعْطاء حُقوق وامْتِيا
Bulgarian: устав
Brazilian: carta
Czech: výsadní listina, charta
German: die Urkunde
Danish: traktat; fundats
Greek: καταστατικό
Spanish: escritura de constitución
Estonian: (tegevus)luba
Farsi: اساسنامه
Finnish: peruskirja
French: charte
Hebrew: מְגִילָת זְכוּיוֹת
Hindi: राज-पत्र, अधिकार-पत्र
Croatian: isprava, pismo
Hungarian: oklevél
Indonesian: piagam
Icelandic: sérleyfi
Italian: carta, statuto
Japanese: 特許状
Korean: 특허장
Lithuanian: chartija
Latvian: harta
Malay: piagam
Dutch: oorkonde
Norwegian: pakt, frihetsbrev, rettig
Polish: statut
Persian: اساسنامه
Pashto: منشور: درسمى سند ور كونه 
Portuguese: carta
Romanian: carte
Russian: хартия
Slovak: charta
Slovenian: listina pravic
Serbian: povelja
Swedish: kungligt brev, privilegie
Thai: กฎบัตร
Turkish: imtiyaz, berat, patent
Taiwanese: 特許狀
Ukrainian: хартія
Urdu: حقوق و فرائض کی دستاویز
Vietnamese: hiến chương
Chinese: 特许状
