charter

[ chahr-ter ]

/ ˈtʃɑr tər /

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noun

a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.

(often initial capital letter) a document defining the formal organization of a corporate body; constitution: the Charter of the United Nations.

authorization from a central or parent organization to establish a new branch, chapter, etc.

a grant by a sovereign power creating a corporation, as the royal charters granted to British colonies in America.

Also called charter party. a contract by which part or all of a ship is leased for a voyage or a stated time.

a tour, vacation, or trip by charter arrangement: The travel agency is offering charters to Europe and the Caribbean.

special privilege or immunity.

verb (used with object)

to establish by charter: to charter a bank.

to lease or hire for exclusive use: The company will charter six buses for the picnic.

to give special favor or privilege to.

adjective

of or relating to a method of travel in which the transportation is specially leased or hired for members of a group or association: a charter flight to Europe.

that can be leased or hired for exclusive or private use: a charter boat for deep-sea fishing.

done or held in accordance with a charter: a charter school.

Origin of charter

1200–50; Middle English chartre < Old French < Latin chartul(a) little paper (by assimilation), equivalent to chart(a) (see charta) + -ula -ule

SYNONYMS FOR charter

9 See hire.

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OTHER WORDS FROM charter

char·ter·a·ble, adjective char·ter·age, noun char·ter·er, noun char·ter·less, adjective

re·char·ter, verb (used with object), noun sub·char·ter, noun, verb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH charter

charted chartered

Words nearby charter

chart room, chart., chart. cerat., charta, chartaceous, charter, charter colony, charter member, charter of rights, charter party, charter school

Example sentences from the Web for charter

A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”

The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country |Jacob Siegel |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Klein paints a rosy picture of the charter schools, while admitting that not all outperformed traditional public schools.

Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck |Michael S. Roth |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Charter schools, rejecting the tenet of promotion through seniority, promised to do better.

Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck |Michael S. Roth |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Nothing,” Klein notes, “was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.

Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck |Michael S. Roth |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Neither was there a return to the loyal but small ghetto of Charter 77.

How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution |Michael Zantovsky |December 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"My case is rather an ugly one to look back upon, truly," Charter granted.

She Buildeth Her House |Will Comfort
Her name is among the five abbesses who signed a charter granting church privileges at a Kentish Witanagemot.

Early Double Monasteries |Constance Stoney
And in none of them is any charter mentioned earlier than that of Henry II.

Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries |J.H. Round
This charter, which is in the Saxon language, is still preserved in the British Museum.

Chelsea |George Bryan
But we have no charter of exemption, that I know of, from the ordinary frailties of our nature.

Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke |Edmund Burke

British Dictionary definitions for charter

charter

/ (ˈtʃɑːtə) /

noun

a formal document from the sovereign or state incorporating a city, bank, college, etc, and specifying its purposes and rights

(sometimes capital) a formal document granting or demanding from the sovereign power of a state certain rights or liberties

a document issued by a society or an organization authorizing the establishment of a local branch or chapter

a special privilege or exemption

(often capital) the fundamental principles of an organization; constitution the Charter of the United Nations

the hire or lease of transportation
the agreement or contract regulating this
(as modifier)a charter flight

a law, policy, or decision containing a loophole which allows a specified group to engage more easily in an activity considered undesirable a beggars' charter

maritime law another word for charterparty

verb (tr)

to lease or hire by charterparty

to hire (a vehicle, etc)

to grant a charter of incorporation or liberties to (a group or person)

Derived forms of charter

charterer, noun

Word Origin for charter

C13: from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula a little paper, from charta leaf of papyrus; see chart

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