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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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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.
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 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.
A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people. ...Article 50 of the United Nations Charter. ...the Social Charter of workers' rights. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.
[countable] an official document stating that a government or political leader allows a new organization, town or university to be established and gives it particular rights. The Royal College received its charter as a university in 1967. Certain towns were allowed to hold weekly markets, by royal charter. Extra Examples.
CHARTER meaning: 1 : a document issued by a government that gives rights to a person or group; 2 : a document which declares that a city, town, school, or corporation has been established
