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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Charter \Char"ter\, n. [OF. chartre, F. chartre, charte, fr. L.
     chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. See Chart,
     Card.]
     1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted,
        contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or
        conveyance. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a
        state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights,
        franchises, or privileges.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat
              suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was
              required of him. This famous deed, commonly called
              the ``Great Charter,'' either granted or secured
              very important liberties and privileges to every
              order of men in the kingdom.          --Hume.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other
        corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also,
        an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities
        of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a
        lodge and defining its powers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My mother,
              Who has a charter to extol her blood,
              When she does praise me, grieves me.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Com.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract,
        or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or
        let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See
        Charter party, below.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in
        socage; bookland.
  
     Charter member, one of the original members of a society or
        corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part
        in the first proceedings under it.
  
     Charter party [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, a
        divided charter; from the practice of cutting the
        instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each
        of the contractors] (Com.), a mercantile lease of a
        vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a
        vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of
        the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in
        transportation for his own account, either under their
        charge or his.
  
     People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied
        the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the
        English government in 1838.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Charter \Char"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chartered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Chartering.]
     1. To establish by charter.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party,
        under Charter, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Charter \Char"ter\, n. [OF. chartre, F. chartre, charte, fr. L.
     chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. See Chart,
     Card.]
     1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted,
        contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or
        conveyance. [Archaic]
  
     2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a
        state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights,
        franchises, or privileges.
  
              The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat
              suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was
              required of him. This famous deed, commonly called
              the ``Great Charter,'' either granted or secured
              very important liberties and privileges to every
              order of men in the kingdom.          --Hume.
  
     3. An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other
        corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also,
        an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities
        of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a
        lodge and defining its powers.
  
     4. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
  
              My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood,
              When she does praise me, grieves me.  --Shak.
  
     5. (Com.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract,
        or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or
        let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See
        Charter party, below.
  
     Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in
        socage; bookland.
  
     Charter member, one of the original members of a society or
        corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part
        in the first proceedings under it.
  
     Charter party [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, a
        divided charter; from the practice of cutting the
        instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each
        of the contractors] (Com.), a mercantile lease of a
        vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a
        vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of
        the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in
        transportation for his own account, either under their
        charge or his.
  
     People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied
        the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the
        English government in 1838.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Charter \Char"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chartered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Chartering.]
     1. To establish by charter.
  
     2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party,
        under Charter, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  charter
       n 1: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its
            rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the
            certificate of incorporation
       2: a contract to hire or lease transportation
       v 1: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and
            services [syn: rent, hire, lease]
       2: grant a charter to
       3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
          apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall
          we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, engage,
           take]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  charter
     Basque n.
     (l en charter) flight
     French n.
     1 a charter flight
     2 a charter plane
     3 a charter pilot
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm chartre)
     Spanish n.
     a shuttlebus

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Charter
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  charter
     a.
     lease or hired.
     n.
     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 (gloss: legal contract).
     6 A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
     7 (lb en UK pejorative in a noun phrase with another noun which is
  either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence
  would be to encourage an undesirable activity
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
     2 (lb en transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
     3 (lb en transitive Canada law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an
  arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the
  ''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Charter%20of%20Rights%20and%20Freedoms''
  upon arrest.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Charter
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  charter
     Basque n.
     (l en charter) flight
     French n.
     1 a charter flight
     2 a charter plane
     3 a charter pilot
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm chartre)
     Spanish n.
     a shuttlebus

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Charter
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  charter
     Basque n.
     (l en charter) flight
     French n.
     1 a charter flight
     2 a charter plane
     3 a charter pilot
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm chartre)
     Swedish n.
     c #English trip

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Charter
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  charter
     Englanti n.
     1 peruskirja
     2 vuokrasopimus
     Englanti vb.
     1 perustaa (peruskirjalla)
     2 vuokrata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  charter
     Engelska n.
     #Svenska
     Engelska vb.
     chartra
     n.
     turistresa med chartrat flygplan

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  charter
     n.
     turistresa med chartrat flygplan

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Charter /ˈt͡ʃaʁtɐ/ /ˈt͡ʃaːɐ̯tɐ/ /ˈʃaʁtɐ/ /ˈʃaːɐ̯tɐ/ 
  charter
  der Mietvertrag oder Pachtvertrag über ein Flugzeug oder Schiff

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Charter /tʃˈɑːtə/
  الدستور

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  charter //ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ// //ˈt͡ʃɑːtə// 
  1. ча́ртър 2.
  a contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
   3.
  the temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
  2. грамота́, ха́рта
  document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc
  3. у́став
  document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  charter /tʃˈɑːtə/
  smlouva

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  charter /tʃˈɑːtə/
  stanovy

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  charter /tʃˈɑːtə/ 
  listina

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  charter /tʃˈɑːtə/
  pronájem

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  charter /tʃˈɑːtə/ 
  charta

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  charter /tʃˈɑːtə/ 
  smlouva