charter
Syllables: char·ter/ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/US/ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
charter noun: a document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
Noun
charter (plural charters)
- 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 temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.2001 March 23, Clare Dyer, “Stolen car ruling 'a thieves' charter'”, in The Guardian, London
Adjective
charter (not comparable)
Verb
charter (third-person singular simple present charters, present participle chartering, simple past and past participle chartered)
- To grant or establish a charter.
- To lease or hire something by charter.
- (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
Proper noun capitalized: Charter
Charter (plural Charters)
- A surname.
charter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
charter in Hindi
- document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
- चार्टर cārṭar
- document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- चार्टर cārṭar
- leased or hired
- चार्टर्ड cārṭarḍ
charter in Tamil
- உரிமை ஆவணம், உரிமை முறி, பட்டயம், சாசனம்
charter in Marathi
- सनद, चार्टर, सनदे
charter in Urdu
- فرمان, سند
More languagesFewer languages
- charter in Bengali
- সনন্দ, দলিল, রাজশাসনপত্র, দলিল দ্বারা স্থাপন করা
- charter in Malayalam
- അവകാശപത്രം, അധികാരപത്രം, പ്രമാണപത്രം, പ്രമാണം
- charter in Kannada
- ಬಾಡಿಗೆಗೆ ಪಡೆ, ಸನ್ನದು
- charter in Punjabi
- ਚਾਰਟਰ, ਚਾਰਟਰ ਕਰਨਾ, ਚਾਰਟਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- charter in Gujarati
- ચાર્ટર, સનદ
- charter in Odia
- ଚାର୍ଟର୍, ଚାର୍ଟର, ଚାର୍ଟାର
- charter in Nepali
- चार्टर, चार्टरिंग, चार्टर गर्ने
- charter in Pashto
- آرپاڼه
- charter in Arabic
- مِيثَاق mīṯāq
- charter in Malay
- piagam, sewa
- charter in Persian
- منشور manšur, چارتر čârtar
- charter in Thai
- กฎบัตร gòt-bàt
- charter in Vietnamese
- hiến chương
Examples of charter in a sentence
- They went all out for his eightieth birthday party and chartered a tour boat on the bay.
- Charter townships are able to levy millage on the residents without a vote of the people.
- As provided for in the new city charter, it has 51 members, compared with 35 in the Council it succeeds.
Synonyms of charter
Forms of charter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | charters |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chartre |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | charters |
| present participle | chartering |
| past participle | chartered |
| past | chartered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Charters |
Origin of charter
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
Words formed from charter
Phrases with charter
Words that rhyme with charter
Questions about charter
- What does charter mean?
- Charter means a document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- What is charter in Hindi?
- Charter in Hindi is चार्टर (cārṭar), चार्टर्ड (cārṭarḍ). See Charter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is charter?
- Charter can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce charter?
- Charter is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of charter?
- The plural of charter is charters.
Words near charter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: charter (page history and authors); Charter (page history and authors); charter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); charter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); charter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); charter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); charter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); charter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); charter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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