Definition of CHARTER

charter

Plural: charters

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
  • 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.
  • a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity

Verb

Verb Forms: chartered, chartering, charters

  • To hire or lease a vehicle for private use.
  • hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
  • grant a charter to
  • engage for service under a term of contract
  • 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.

Adj

  • Leased or hired.

Examples

  • He wanted to CHARTER a path to victory, but his tiles kept getting in the way.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

Scrabble Score: 12

charter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
charter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
charter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

charter: valid Words With Friends Word