## Meanings
1. An official document that establishes an organization and sets out its rights and purposes.
2. An arrangement to hire a vehicle, plane, or boat for private use.
3. To hire a vehicle, plane, or boat for one's own use.
4. To officially grant rights or status to an organization through a charter.

## Examples
- The university was founded by royal charter in 1583.
- The team flew home on a charter rather than a regular flight.
- They chartered a small boat to explore the islands.
- The society was chartered by the state in 1900.

## Derived Forms
- charter-party
- charterable
- charterage
- charterer
- charterhouse
- charterial
- charterless
- chartermaster
- recharter

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: charter
- Root: chartre
- Root: chartula

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

## AI Etymology
Charter is from Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula. In present-day use, it can mean an official document that establishes an organization and sets out its rights and purposes, or an arrangement to hire a vehicle, plane, or boat for private use. Derived formations include charter-party, charterable, charterage, charterer, and charterhouse.

## Topics
- Transportation
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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