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   charter

   /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 authorityauthorizationsanctioncovenantdispensationconsentpermissionsufferanceprerogativeprivilegerighthistorical:droitpermitlicencewarrantwarrantydeedbonddocumentindentureconcessionfranchiseprivilege
   • ▪ a written constitution or description of an organization's functions: "the impending review of the BBC's Charter" Similar constitutioncodecanonbody of lawsystem of rulesfundamental principlesruleslaws
   • ▪ (in the UK) a written statement of the rights of a specified group of people: "the standard set by the patient's charter"
   • ▪ a policy or law regarded as enabling people to engage more easily in a specified undesirable activity: British "he described the act as a charter for vandals"
   • 2. the hiring of an aircraft, ship, or motor vehicle for a special purpose: "a plane on charter to a multinational company" Similar hirehiringleaseleasingrentrentalrentingbookingreservationreservingdated:engagingengagementrare:bespeaking
   • ▪ a ship or vehicle that is hired: "the fifty foot charter Capricorn will join the team"
   • ▪ a trip made by a ship or vehicle under hire: "he liked to see the boat sparkling clean before each charter"

   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"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta ‘paper’ (see card1).

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   What does a charter mean?

   • A charter is a formal document that describes the rights or principles of an organization. ...a new charter on transport policies to reduce the effects of pollution. If a person or organization charters a plane, boat, or other vehicle, they hire it for their own use. He chartered a jet to fly her home.

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   What is a charter plane?

   • 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. A charter plane or boat is one which is hired for use by a particular person or group and which is not part of a regular service.

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   What is a charter law?

   • [singular] charter (for something) (British English) a law or policy that seems likely to help people do something bad The new law will be a charter for unscrupulous financial advisers. [uncountable] the hiring of a plane, boat, etc. Definition of charter noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What is a charter of a colony?

   • a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges. the Charter of the United Nations. a grant by a sovereign power creating a corporation, as the royal charters granted to British colonies in America.

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   How does a charter work?

   • The charter allows for unrestricted trading. The national headquarters approved the charter establishing the local lodge. In the charter the ship's owner agreed to transport specified cargo to a specified port. An agent handled the charter providing aircraft travel to and from the tournament.

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   What is an example of a charter school?

   • Anything that is established, or chartered, by a group has the full support of the parent organization. A good example of this is a charter school, which acts independently from the local department of education but still receives government funding.

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     a formal statement of the rights of a country's people, or...

   • Znaczenie Charter, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     CHARTER definicja: 1. a formal statement of the rights of a...

   • Charter: French Translation

     charter translate: charte, affréter, vol charter. Learn more...

   • Royal Charter

     Royal Charter definition: a document that is signed by the...

   • Charter: German Translation

     charter translate: die Urkunde, chartern, gechartert. Learn...

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     VOYAGE CHARTER definition: a situation in which a ship or...

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   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.

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   As a noun, charter refers to a written document outlining — or mapping — the rights and obligations of a company or organization, or even, in older days, a town or entire colony. New York City was given a charter, for example, by the British monarch in the 17th century, guaranteeing it certain rights in exchange for goods and services.

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