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/ˈCHärtər/,
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charters, plural;
  1. Grant a charter to (a city, college, or other institution)
    • - the company was chartered in 1553
  2. Reserve (an aircraft, boat, or bus) for private use
    • - he chartered a plane to take him to Paris
Noun
  1. A written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined

  2. A written constitution or description of an organization's functions

  3. The reservation of an aircraft, boat, or bus for private use
    • - a plane on charter to a multinational company
  4. An aircraft, boat, or bus that is reserved for private use

  5. A trip made by an aircraft, boat, or bus under charter
    • - he liked to see the boat sparkling clean before each charter
  1. (charter) a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
  2. (charter) rent: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
  3. (charter) a contract to hire or lease transportation
  4. grant a charter to
  5. (charter) lease: 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?"
  6. Charters is a surname and may refer to : * Ann Charters (b. 1936), American professor of English * Charlie Charters (b. ...
  7. 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. ...
  8. (Charter (typeface)) Bitstream Charter is a glyphic serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter in 1987 for Bitstream Inc., a digital type foundry. Bitstream Charter is a typeface optimized for printing on the low-resolution 300 dpi laser printers of the 1980s. ...
  9. (Chartering (shipping)) Chartering is an activity within the shipping industry. In some cases a charterer may own cargo and employ a shipbroker to find a ship to deliver the cargo for a certain price, called freight rate. Freight rates may be on a per-ton basis over a certain route (e.g. ...
  10. (The Charter) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (also known as The Charter of Rights and Freedoms or simply the Charter, French: La Charte canadienne des droits et libertés) is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. ...
  11. (charter) a document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges; a similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc; a contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel; the ...
  12. The charter of the internal audit activity is a formal written document that defines the activity's purpose, authority, and responsibility. ...
  13. (Charter) A document indicating an organization's affiliation with the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce or Junior Chamber International.
  14. (Charter) Originally meant a flight where a shipper contracted hire of an aircraft from an air carrier, but has usually come to mean any non-scheduled commercial service.
  15. (charter) The Boy Scouts of America was granted a federal charter in 1916 to provide a program of character development, citizenship training and mental and physical fitness for all boys. ...
  16. (Charter) the official document recognizing a chapter’s status by the national organization.
  17. (Charter) A written commitment by management stating the scope of authority for an improvement group.  Resources, including time and money, are specifically addressed.
  18. (Charter) Permission from the national organization to have a chapter.
  19. (Charter) To hire the exclusive use of any aircraft, vessel or other vehicle.
  20. (CHARTER) The formal certificate issued by the Grand Chapter to new or reinstalled undergraduate chapters or alumni chapters. The charter contains the names of the undergraduates or alumni who formed the original group which petitioned the Grand Chapter for recognition as a chapter. ...
  21. (Charter) Government authorization to do business. A credit union or other financial institution must have a charter with a state or the federal government.
  22. (charter) written grant of rights by sovereign or legislature
  23. (Charter) The hiring of a vessel, or use of its carrying capacity, for either (1) a specified period of time or (2) to carry a cargo for a fixed fee from a loading port to a discharging port. The contract for a charter is called a charterparty.
  24. (Charter) an official document that grants full authority for a chapter to function.
  25. (CHARTER) A legal document which includes the name, object, and other required information of a society.