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charters

charters is the plural of charter.

Meaning of charter

Noun

charter (plural charters)

  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.
    • 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]...

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Proper noun capitalized: Charters

Charters

  1. A surname.
  2. (plural) plural of Charter

Words formed from charters

Phrases with charters

Questions about charters

What does charters mean?
Charters means a surname.
What is charters the plural of?
Charters is the plural of charter.
What part of speech is charters?
Charters is a proper noun.

Words near charters in the dictionary

  1. charterless
  2. chartermaster
  3. chartermasters
  4. charterparties
  5. charterparty
  6. charters
  7. Charters Towers
  8. Chartham
  9. charthouse
  10. charthouses
  11. Chartican

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Adapted from Wiktionary: charters (page history and authors); Charters (page history and authors); charter (page history and authors). 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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