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- Dictionarycharter/ˈtʃɑːtə/
noun
- 1. a written grant by the sovereign or legislative power of a country, by which a body such as a city, company, or university is founded or its rights and privileges defined: "the town received a charter from the Emperor" Similar
- 2. the hiring of an aircraft, ship, or motor vehicle for a special purpose: "a plane on charter to a multinational company" Similar
verb
- 1. grant a charter to (a city, company, university, or other body): "the company was chartered in 1864"
- 2. hire (an aircraft or ship): "he immediately chartered a plane to take him to Paris"
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The meaning of CHARTER is a written instrument or contract (such as a deed) executed in due form. How to use charter in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Charter.
a formal statement of the rights of a country's people, or of an organization or a particular social group, that is agreed by or demanded from a ruler or government: a charter of rights. Education is one of the basic human rights written into the United Nations Charter. The government has produced a Citizen's/Parents'/Patients' Charter.
A charter is a document that defines the exact structure, rights, and organization of a state, colony, corporation, or similar, as in The American colonies were governed by charters authorized by the king of England.
noun. 1. a formal document from the sovereign or state incorporating a city, bank, college, etc, and specifying its purposes and rights. 2. (sometimes capital) a formal document granting or demanding from the sovereign power of a state certain rights or liberties. 3.
Charter means you rent or lease a particular service or object. Anyone can charter something, though lesser mortals tend to limit themselves to buses. Charter comes from the Latin charta, meaning "paper, card or map."
charter. noun. /ˈtʃɑːtə (r)/ /ˈtʃɑːrtər/ [countable] a written statement describing the rights that a particular group of people should have. the European Social Charter of workers’ rights. a rail passenger’s charter. a charter of rights for people with disabilities. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. A written document delivered by the sovereign or legislature: 1.a. ?a1250–. Granting privileges to, or recognizing rights of, the people, or of certain classes or individuals. Great Charter, that signed by King John guaranteeing the fundamental liberties of the English people: see Magna Carta n.
