Definitions of charter [ˈtʃɑr tər]

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Definition of 'charter'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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.

7.  charter
a special privilege or immunity.

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)

Definition of 'charter'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) charter
a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation

2. (verb) charter
a contract to hire or lease transportation

3. (verb) rent, hire, charter, lease
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

4. (verb) charter
grant a charter to

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 sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges

3. (noun) charter
an act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers

4. (noun) charter
a special privilege, immunity, or exemption

5. (noun) charter
the letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below

6. (verb) charter
to establish by charter

7. (verb) charter
to hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n

Translation of 'charter'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a formal document giving rights or privileges.
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
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