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charter
[ chahr-ter ]
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.
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
- See charterpartymaritime law another word for charterparty
verb
- to lease or hire by charterparty
- to hire (a vehicle, etc)
- to grant a charter of incorporation or liberties to (a group or person)
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Derived Forms
- ˈcharterer, noun
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Other Words From
- charter·a·ble adjective
- charter·age noun
- charter·er noun
- charter·less adjective
- re·charter verb (used with object) noun
- subcharter noun verb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of charter1
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Example Sentences
A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”
In neighborhoods such as Harlem, 33 percent of students attend charter schools, a majority of them black or Latino.
JetBlue has been flying charter jets to Cuba for three years, and others are sure to follow.
Klein paints a rosy picture of the charter schools, while admitting that not all outperformed traditional public schools.
Charter schools, rejecting the tenet of promotion through seniority, promised to do better.
First permanent settlement began in 1669; original charter included North Carolina and Georgia.
Benefit societies may be purely voluntary associations or incorporated either by statute or charter.
They thus establish a law for themselves somewhat like a charter of a corporation.
Gainful corporations have no such power unless it has been granted by their charter or by statute.
A company cannot purchase its own shares unless by charter or statute such action is clearly authorized.
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