charter
//ˈt͡ʃɑːtə//
Forms
- Plural
- charters
- present (v1)
- charter
- past (v2)
- chartered
- past participle (v3)
- chartered
- present participle
- chartering
- 3rd person singular
- charters
Definitions
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.
1.Leased or hired.
1.To grant or establish a charter.
2.To lease or hire something by charter.
3.(of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4269
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta).
See chart.
Doublet of chartula.