Definition of charter
1 : a written instrument (see 1instrument 4) or contract (such as a deed) executed in due form
2a : a grant or guarantee of rights, franchises, or privileges from the sovereign power of a state or country The charter allows for unrestricted trading.b : a written instrument that creates and defines the franchises (see 1franchise 2) of a city, educational institution, or corporation a city charter a corporate charterc : constitution the Charter of the United Nations
3 : a written instrument from the authorities of a society creating a lodge or branch The national headquarters aproved the charter establishing the local lodge.
4 : a special privilege, immunity, or exemption
5 : a mercantile lease of a ship or some principal part of it In the charter the ship's owner agreed to transport specified cargo to a specified port.
6 : a charter travel arrangement An agent handled the charter providing aircraft travel to and from the tournament.
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Examples of charter in a Sentence
The charter allows for unrestricted trading.
Recent Examples of charter from the Web
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Many charter schools counsel out students who can’t meet the academic demands, which is far from the promise of trying to ensure that every child gets a free and fair education.
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Rauner, who got his entree in politics as an activist fighting the Chicago Teachers Union and advocating for charter schools, views CPS as stuck in the clutches of its unionized workforce.
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In May, the political leadership issued a new policy document that aimed to update Hamas’s uncompromising founding charter.
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OCEANSIDE New charter school offers orientation Classical Academies will be opening Coastal Academy High School in Oceanside in August 2017 to serve students in grades 9-12.
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Southland is one of two charter schools statewide to receive the award.
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That meant judges would join everyone else who arrived on a Pentagon war court charter flight from Washington, D.C., on a ferry crossing the bay.
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The charter’s release triggered a sell-off of South African mining stocks.
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Charter schools: House Bill 520 allows publicly funded charter schools in Kentucky and establishes rules regarding how those schools can be set up.
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Origin and Etymology of charter
Middle English chartre, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin chartula, from Latin, diminutive of charta —see 1chart
charter
Definition of charter
transitive verb
1a : to establish, enable, or convey by charter The city was chartered in 1837.b British : certify a chartered mechanical engineer
2 : to hire, rent, or lease for usually exclusive and temporary use chartered a boat for deep-sea fishing
Examples of charter in a Sentence
The city was chartered in 1837.
The team chartered a plane.
Recent Examples of charter from the Web
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The newly formed and chartered Judeo/Christian Republican Club (of South Florida) had its second meeting recently at the South County Civic Center in Delray Beach and just as at its first gathering, there was a full house of almost 200 people.
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Less is known about what happened aboard the Crystal, which had been chartered by a Japanese company to bring cargo from Nagoya, on Japan’s central coast, to Tokyo.
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A February report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, an independent safety advisory group chartered by Congress, detailed the magnitude of the gap.
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BHP, which charters about 1,500 voyages a year for around a quarter of a billion metric tons of iron ore, copper and coal, wants to deploy the technology within a decade, according to Bhatti.
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The Bible College was chartered in 1935 and started with informal evening classes; day classes began in 1946.
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The opening of a new Crossroads charter high school in the fall would add a new option for students moving on from Kansas City’s Scuola Vita Nuova elementary charter.
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Karen Williams, president and CEO of the tourism bureau, said in an interview that the naming of the riverboat for a woman may encourage tour groups to charter the vessel.
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Researchers have gone and studied these birds the old-fashioned away, showing up on boats and wandering through the flora to observe the albatross with their own eyes, or chartering low-flying planes to take aerial photographs.
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Origin and Etymology of charter
see 1charter
Synonym Discussion of charter
charter
Definition of charter
: of, relating to, or being a travel arrangement in which transportation (such as a bus or plane) is hired by and for one specific group of people a charter flight
Recent Examples of charter from the Web
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Charter students hand deliver #yeson7069 letters to Gov Scott office.
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Charter school management organizations often spend a good deal of money to market and recruit students, which traditional districts don’t do.
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Charter cities, such as Palo Alto, would be exempt from new rules.
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Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos won confirmation as education secretary Tuesday by the slimmest of margins, pushed to approval only by the historic tie-breaking vote of Vice President Mike Pence.
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The Excise and Licenses director is a charter officer position, one of 11 jobs in Hancock’s Cabinet that require the setting of their salaries in city ordinance, with council approval required for any change.
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First Known Use of charter
1922
CHARTER Defined for English Language Learners
charter
playDefinition of charter for English Language Learners
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: a document issued by a government that gives rights to a person or group
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: a document which declares that a city, town, school, or corporation has been established
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: a document that describes the basic laws, principles, etc., of a group
charter
Definition of charter for English Language Learners
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: to give a charter to (a government, corporation, etc.)
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: to hire (a ship, bus, etc.) for temporary use
charter
Definition of charter for English Language Learners
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: hired for temporary use
CHARTER Defined for Kids
Definition of charter for Students
1 : an official document setting out the rights and duties of a group The charter grants broad trading rights.
2 : a document which declares that a city, town, school, or corporation has been established
3 : a document that describes the basic laws or principles of a group the charity's charter
Definition of charter for Students
chartered
;chartering
1 : to grant a charter to The city was chartered in 1853.
2 : to hire (as a bus or an aircraft) for temporary use The team chartered a plane.
Law Dictionary
charter
Legal Definition of charter
1a : a grant or guarantee of rights, powers, or privileges from an authority or agency of a state or country a state bank charter — compare constitution b : a written instrument that creates and defines the powers and privileges of a city, educational institution, or corporation — compare articles of incorporation
2 : a written instrument from the authorities of a society creating a lodge, branch, or chapter
3 : a lease of a ship especially for the delivery of cargo —called also charter party
Origin and Etymology of charter
Old French chartre letter, formal document, from Late Latin chartula, from Latin, diminutive of charta sheet of papyrus
charter
Legal Definition of charter
1 : to establish, enable, or convey by charter charter a bank
2 : to lease or hire for usually exclusive and temporary use charter a ship
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