Charter - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtʃɑːrtər|  American pronunciation of the word charter
Brit.  |ˈtʃɑːtə|  British pronunciation of the word charter

noun

- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- a contract to hire or lease transportation

verb

- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services (syn: hire, lease, rent)
- grant a charter to
- engage for service under a term of contract (syn: engage, hire, lease, rent, take)

Extra examples

The charter allows for unrestricted trading.

The city was chartered in 1837.

The team chartered a plane.

The company was granted a charter to trade in the occupied territory.

The town's charter was granted in 1838.

Reducing the number of police is just a thieves' charter.

We chartered a boat to take us to some of the smaller islands.

The legislature hesitated to charter the corporation.

This travel firm specializes in charter.

The Great Charter

Citizens' Charter

United Nations Charter

Charter of the United Nations

The Charter of the United Nations

Henry's charter was at once welcomed as a base for the needed reforms.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: charter
he/she/it: charters
present participle: chartering
past tense: chartered
past participle: chartered
noun
singular: charter
plural: charters
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