charter
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Adjective 1 meaning
Leased or hired.
Verb 3 meanings
To grant or establish a charter.
To lease or hire something by charter.
(of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
Etymology
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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CHARTER at a glance
CHARTER has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + A 1 + R 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,746 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with charter
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
One letter away
- CHAPTER14
- CHARGER13
- CHATTER12
- CHARTED13
- CHARMER14
- CHANTER12
- CHASTER12
- CHARIER12
- CHARVER15
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