charter

Definitions

General English

• noun a legal document giving rights or privileges to a public organisation, a group of people, or a town
• verb to hire an aircraft, bus or boat for a particular trip

Accounting

• noun a document giving special legal rights to a group
• noun in the US, a formal document incorporating an organisation, company or educational institution

Banking

• noun the action or business of hiring transport for a special purpose

Information & Library Science

• noun an official document giving rights to a person, organisation or community

Law

• noun a document from the Crown establishing a town, a corporation, a university or a company

Politics

• noun a document from the head of state establishing a borough or a corporation or a university or a company, and giving it special rights
• noun an official document containing a list of rights
• noun a law that appears to allow or encourage something bad

Travel

• noun the act of hiring transport for a special purpose.

Nearby Definitions of “charter”

• chapter
• character
• charge
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• chase
• check
• cheek by jowl
• cheese
• cherry

Contexts for “charter”

11 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Banking
• Information & Library Science
• Law
• Politics
• Travel