charter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An official document that establishes an organization and sets out its rights and purposes.

   The university was founded by royal charter in 1583.

2. 2
   noun

   An arrangement to hire a vehicle, plane, or boat for private use.

   The team flew home on a charter rather than a regular flight.

3. 3
   verb

   To hire a vehicle, plane, or boat for one's own use.

   They chartered a small boat to explore the islands.

4. 4
   verb

   To officially grant rights or status to an organization through a charter.

   The society was chartered by the state in 1900.

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

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