Definition of charters Charters

/ʧɑˈɹtɚz/ - [charterz] -

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Noun Plural: charters
charter - a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
		papers, written document, document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
		articles of incorporation a legal document that creates a corporation; it is filed with a state by the founders of a corporation and is governed by the laws of the state
		certificate of incorporation state approval of the articles of incorporation of a corporation
		bank charter a charter authorizing the operation of a bank
charter - a contract to hire or lease transportation
		contract a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Verb charters, chartering, chartered
charter - grant a charter to
		licence, license, certify authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
charter - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
		rent, hire, lease
		undertake, contract promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"
charter - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
		lease, rent, hire, engage, take
		acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

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charter (Noun)
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
charter (Noun)
A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
charter (Noun)
A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
charter (Noun)
The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
charter (Noun)
A deed.
charter (Verb)
To grant or establish a charter.
charter (Verb)
To lease or hire something by charter.
charter (Adjective)
Leased or hired.

charter (n.)
A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
charter (n.)
An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
charter (n.)
An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.
charter (n.)
A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
charter (n.)
The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below.
charter (v. t.)
To establish by charter.
charter (v. t.)
To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.

charter
A formal written record of transactions, proceedings, etc., as of a society, committee, or legislative body.
charter
To hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services.

charter
chärt′er, n. any formal writing in evidence of a grant, contract, or other transaction, conferring or confirming titles, rights, or privileges, or the like: the formal deed by which a sovereign guarantees the rights and privileges of his subjects, like the famous Mag′na Chart′a, signed by King John at Runnymede, 15th June 1215, or the Charte of Louis XVIII. at the Restoration in 1814, or that sworn by Louis-Philippe, 29th August 1830: any instrument by which powers and privileges are conferred by the state on a select body of persons for a special object, as the 'charter of a bank:' a patent: grant, allowance: immunity.—v.t. to establish by charter: to let or hire, as a ship, on contract.—p.adj. Chart′ered, granted or protected by a charter: privileged: licensed: hired by contract. [O. Fr. chartre—L. cartula, carta.]

charter
To charter a vessel is to take her to freight, under a charter-party. The charter or written instrument by which she is hired to carry freight.