charter
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- chartre (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: char‧ter
Noun edit
charter (plural charters)
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ix]:
- My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.
- (UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- 2001 March 23, Clare Dyer, “Stolen car ruling 'a thieves' charter'”, in The Guardian, London:
- In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.
- 2005 November 30, Stephen Foley, “The market where 'caveat emptor' has become a charter for fraud”, in The Independent, London:
Synonyms edit
- (signed document): chirograph (obsolete)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: ча́ртър (čártǎr)
- → Dutch: charter
- → Estonian: tšarter
- → French: charter
- → Italian: charter
- → Japanese: チャーター (chātā)
- → Polish: czarter
- → Romanian: charter
- → Russian: ча́ртер (čártɛr)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: charter, chárter
- → Swedish: charter
- → Turkish: charter
- → Uzbek: charter
- → Welsh: siarter
Translations edit
document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
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document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
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contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
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temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
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deed — see deed
Adjective edit
charter (not comparable)
Translations edit
leased or hired
Verb edit
charter (third-person singular simple present charters, present participle chartering, simple past and past participle chartered)
- (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
- (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
- (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
grant or establish a charter
to lease or hire something by charter
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
charter inan
- charter flight
Declension edit
Declension of charter (inanimate, ending in -r)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | charter | charterra | charterrak |
| ergative | charterrek | charterrak | charterrek |
| dative | charterri | charterrari | charterrei |
| genitive | charterren | charterraren | charterren |
| comitative | charterrekin | charterrarekin | charterrekin |
| causative | charterrengatik | charterrarengatik | charterrengatik |
| benefactive | charterrentzat | charterrarentzat | charterrentzat |
| instrumental | charterrez | charterraz | charterrez |
| inessive | charterretan | charterrean | charterretan |
| locative | charterretako | charterreko | charterretako |
| allative | charterretara | charterrera | charterretara |
| terminative | charterretaraino | charterreraino | charterretaraino |
| directive | charterretarantz | charterrerantz | charterretarantz |
| destinative | charterretarako | charterrerako | charterretarako |
| ablative | charterretatik | charterretik | charterretatik |
| partitive | charterrik | — | — |
| prolative | chartertzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
- "charter" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
charter
- (informal) Ellipsis of charterlento (“charter flight”).
Usage notes edit
- preferred Finnish term for "charter flight" is tilauslento
Declension edit
| Inflection of charter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | charter | charterit | ||
| genitive | charterin | charterien chartereiden chartereitten | ||
| partitive | charteria | chartereita chartereja | ||
| illative | charteriin | chartereihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | charter | charterit | ||
| accusative | nom. | charter | charterit | |
| gen. | charterin | |||
| genitive | charterin | charterien chartereiden chartereitten | ||
| partitive | charteria | chartereita chartereja | ||
| inessive | charterissa | chartereissa | ||
| elative | charterista | chartereista | ||
| illative | charteriin | chartereihin | ||
| adessive | charterilla | chartereilla | ||
| ablative | charterilta | chartereilta | ||
| allative | charterille | chartereille | ||
| essive | charterina | chartereina | ||
| translative | charteriksi | chartereiksi | ||
| abessive | charteritta | chartereitta | ||
| instructive | — | charterein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English charter. Doublet of charte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
charter m (plural charters)
Further reading edit
- “charter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English charter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
charter m (invariable)
Adjective edit
charter (invariable)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
charter
- Alternative form of chartre
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English charter.
Noun edit
charter n (plural chartere)
Declension edit
Declension of charter
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) charter | charterul | (niște) chartere | charterele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) charter | charterului | (unor) chartere | charterelor |
| vocative | charterule | charterelor | ||
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English charter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
charter m (plural charteres)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
charter c
- charter trip
- Synonym: charterresa
- Vi ska åka på charter!
- We're going on a charter trip!
Declension edit
| Declension of charter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | charter | chartern | chartrar | chartrarna |
| Genitive | charters | charterns | chartrars | chartrarnas |