charter

Meaning

Noun

1. A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
2. A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
3. A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
4. The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
5. A deed (legal contract).
6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
7. (UK, derogatory) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity

Adj

Leased or hired.

Verb

1. (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
2. (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
3. (Canada, transitive) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.

Synonyms

lease

rent

hire

license

privilege

freight

contract

engage

constitution

certificate

regulations

borrow

affreight

grant

take

warrant

requisition

immunity

incorporation

instrument

let

letter

licence

permit

preference

priority

qualification

reserve

rules

statute

statutes

stipulation

tenant

code of laws

rent out

chirograph

employment

letter patent

charter of concession

chartered concession

affreightment

agreement

article

authorize

bargaining

card

chart

💹

code

compact

covenant

Translations

charte

Charta

chartern

affréter

statuto

kiralamak

noleggiare

carta

louer

charter

alugar

carta

fretar

ναύλωση

ενοικιάζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: charter

In summary

From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

Sentences

Later it operated domestic and international charter services and wet lease services .