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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Chartered

Char"tered\, a. 1. Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.

The sufficiency of chartered rights. --Palfrey.

The air, a chartered libertine. --Shak.

2. Hired or let by charter, as a ship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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