Charter

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tÉ™(ɹ)

Alternative forms

• chartre obsolete

Origin

From Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta).

Full definition of charter

Noun

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 (legal contract).
6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
• ShakespeareMy mother,
  Who has a charter to extol her blood,
  When she does praise me, grieves me.

Adjective

1. Leased or hired.

Verb

1. (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
2. (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.

Anagrams

• charret, rechart