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char⋅ter

  [chahr-ter]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. (often initial capital letter) a document defining the formal organization of a corporate body; constitution: the Charter of the United Nations.
3. authorization from a central or parent organization to establish a new branch, chapter, etc.
4. a grant by a sovereign power creating a corporation, as the royal charters granted to British colonies in America.
5. Also called charter party. a contract by which part or all of a ship is leased for a voyage or a stated time.
6. a tour, vacation, or trip by charter arrangement: The travel agency is offering charters to Europe and the Caribbean.
7. special privilege or immunity.
–verb (used with object)
8. to establish by charter: to charter a bank.
9. to lease or hire for exclusive use: The company will charter six buses for the picnic.
10. to give special favor or privilege to.
–adjective
11. of or pertaining 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.
12. that can be leased or hired for exclusive or private use: a charter boat for deep-sea fishing.
13. done or held in accordance with a charter: a charter school.
Origin:
1200–50; ME chartre < OF < L chartul(a) little paper (by assimilation), equiv. to chart(a) (see charta ) + -ula -ule

Related forms:
char⋅ter⋅a⋅ble, adjective
char⋅ter⋅age, noun
char⋅ter⋅er, noun
char⋅ter⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
9. See hire.
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char·ter   (chär'tər)   
n.  

  1. A document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority, creating a public or private corporation, such as a city, college, or bank, and defining its privileges and purposes.

  2. A written grant from the sovereign power of a country conferring certain rights and privileges on a person, a corporation, or the people: A royal charter exempted the Massachusetts colony from direct interference by the Crown.

  3. A document outlining the principles, functions, and organization of a corporate body; a constitution: the city charter.

  4. An authorization from a central organization to establish a local branch or chapter.

  5. Special privilege or immunity.

    1. A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel or space on a vessel.

    2. The hiring or leasing of an aircraft, vessel, or other vehicle, especially for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers.

  7. A written instrument given as evidence of agreement, transfer, or contract; a deed.

adj.  Of, relating to, or being an arrangement in which transportation is leased by a group of travelers for their exclusive, temporary use.
tr.v.   char·tered, char·ter·ing, char·ters

  1. To grant a charter to; establish by charter.

  2. To hire or lease by charter: charter an oil tanker.

  3. To hire (a bus or airplane, for example) for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers.


[Middle English chartre, from Old French, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta, paper made from papyrus; see card1.]
char'ter·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

charter 
c.1250, from O.Fr. chartre "charter," from L. chartula, dim. of charta "paper, document" (see chart). The verb meaning "to hire" is attested from 1806. Charterhouse, the great English public school founded in London in 1611, is a folk etymology from chartreux (see chartreuse); it was founded upon the site of the Carthusian monastery.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

charter

See articles of incorporation.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: charter
Function: transitive verb
1 : to establish, enable, or convey by charter <charter a bank>
2 : to lease or hire for usually exclusive and temporary use <charter a ship>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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