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- DictionaryChar·ter/ˈCHärdər/
noun
- 1. a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined: "the town received a charter from the Emperor"
- 2. the reservation of an aircraft, boat, or bus for private use: "a plane on charter to a multinational company"
verb
- 1. grant a charter to (a company, college, city, or other body): "the company was chartered in 1864"
- 2. reserve (an aircraft, boat, or bus) for private use: "he chartered a plane to take him to Paris"
The meaning of CHARTER is a written instrument or contract (such as a deed) executed in due form. How to use charter in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Charter.
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.
a formal statement of the rights of a country's people, or of an organization or a particular social group, that is agreed by or demanded from a ruler or government: a charter of rights. Education is one of the basic human rights written into the United Nations Charter. The government has produced a Citizen's/Parents'/Patients' Charter.
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.
1. a document issued by a sovereign or state outlining the conditions under which a business, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges. 2. a document defining the formal organization of a corporate body; constitution: the Charter of the United Nations.
1. 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. 2. (often cap) a document defining the formal organization of a corporate body; constitution. the Charter of the United Nations.
A written document delivered by the sovereign or legislature: 1.a. ?a1250–. Granting privileges to, or recognizing rights of, the people, or of certain classes or individuals. Great Charter, that signed by King John guaranteeing the fundamental liberties of the English people: see Magna Carta n.
CHARTER meaning: 1 : a document issued by a government that gives rights to a person or group; 2 : a document which declares that a city, town, school, or corporation has been established.
In legislative law, a government act that establishes a publicly funded business or undertaking. Second, in popular usage, a charter is the lease of a bus, airplane, ship, or other usually large or expensive vehicle for transportation. A person who signs such a lease is said to charter the vehicle.
noun. /ˈtʃɑːtə (r)/ /ˈtʃɑːrtər/ [countable] a written statement describing the rights that a particular group of people should have. the European Social Charter of workers’ rights. a rail passenger’s charter. a charter of rights for people with disabilities. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
