charter
[noun]
Synonyms:
- document, contract, deed, licence, permit, prerogative
[verb]
Synonyms:
- hire, commission, employ, lease, rent
- authorize, sanction

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. char‧ter¹ /ˈtʃɑːtə $ ˈtʃɑːrtər/ noun
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: chartre, from Medieval Latin chartula, from Latin charta; ⇒ chart¹]

1. [countable] a statement of the principles, duties, and purposes of an organization:
the freedoms embodied in the UN charter

2. [uncountable] the practice of paying money to a company to use their boats, aircraft etc, or the boat, aircraft etc used in this way:
boats available for charter
a charter service

3. [countable] a signed statement from a government or ruler which allows a town, organization, or university to officially exist and have special rights:
The town’s charter was granted in 1838.

4. [singular] British English informal a law or official decision that seems to give someone the right to do something most people consider morally wrong:
Reducing the number of police is just a thieves’ charter.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. charter² verb [transitive]

1. to pay a company for the use of their aircraft, boat etc:
We chartered a boat to take us to some of the smaller islands.

2. to say officially that a town, organization, or university officially exists and has special rights

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

charter
noun
I. official written statement of principles, rights, etc.
ADJ. draft | founding | environmental, social | national, UN/United Nations | citizens', patients', etc.
VERB + CHARTER draw up | sign
CHARTER + VERB set sth out The charter clearly sets out children's rights.
PREP. ~ for a national charter for the protection of animals
~ of a charter of workers' rights

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charter
II. document giving rights to a town/an organization
ADJ. royal
VERB + CHARTER give sb/sth, grant sb/sth, issue | sign | apply for | receive | revoke
PREP. by ~ They were given this right by royal charter.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲