charter

== English == === Alternative forms === chartre (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ) Hyphenation: char‧ter === Noun === 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. (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 ==== Synonyms ==== (signed document): chirograph (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → 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: Cyrillic script: ча̏ртер Latin script: čȁrter → Spanish: charter, chárter → Swedish: charter → Turkish: charter → Uzbek: charter → Welsh: siarter ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === charter (not comparable) Leased or hired. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === charret, chartre, rechart == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃarter/ [t͡ʃar.t̪er] Rhymes: -arter, -er Hyphenation: char‧ter === Noun === charter inan charter flight ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “charter”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɑrt(ː)er/, [ˈʃɑ̝rt̪(ː)e̞r] Rhymes: -ɑrter === Noun === charter (informal) ellipsis of charterlento (“charter flight”) ==== Usage notes ==== preferred Finnish term for "charter flight" is tilauslento ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English charter. Doublet of charte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.tɛʁ/ === Noun === charter m (plural charters) a charter flight a charter plane a charter pilot === Further reading === “charter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === châtrer == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English charter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃar.ter/ Rhymes: -arter === Noun === charter m (invariable) charter plane or flight === Adjective === charter (invariable) (relational) charter == Middle English == === Noun === charter alternative form of chartre == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English charter. === Noun === charter n (plural chartere) (transport) charter ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English charter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾteɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.t̪eɾ] Rhymes: -aɾteɾ Syllabification: char‧ter === Noun === charter m (plural charteres) a shuttlebus == Swedish == === Etymology === From English charter. === Noun === charter c charter trip Synonym: charterresa ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== charterbåt charterflyg charterplan charterturism charterturist chartra