charter

Definitions of charter in various dictionaries:

noun - a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights

noun - a contract to hire or lease transportation

verb - hold under a lease or rental agreement

verb - grant a charter to

verb - engage for service under a term of contract

A document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority, creating a public or private corporation, such as a city, college, or bank, and defining its privileges and purposes.

A written grant from the sovereign power of a country conferring certain rights and privileges on a person, a corporation, or the people: A royal charter exempted the Massachusetts colony from direct interference by the Crown.

A document outlining the principles, functions, and organization of a corporate body; a constitution: the city charter.

An authorization from a central organization to establish a local branch or chapter.

Special privilege or immunity.

A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel or space on a vessel.

The hiring or leasing of an aircraft, a vessel, or other vehicle, especially for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers.

A written instrument given as evidence of agreement, transfer, or contract; a deed.

To grant a charter to; establish by charter.

To hire or lease by charter: charter an oil tanker.

To hire (a bus or an airplane, for example) for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers.

verb - to lease or hire

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 s...