Charter
['tʃɑːtə] or ['tʃɑrtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation.
(noun.) a contract to hire or lease transportation.
(verb.) grant a charter to.
Checker: Reginald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
(n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
(n.) An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.
(n.) A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
(n.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below.
(v. t.) To establish by charter.
(v. t.) To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.
Editor: Rosalie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Instrument, deed, indenture, act of incorporation.[2]. Right, privilege, prerogative, immunity, franchise, liberty.
v. a. [1]. Incorporate, establish by charter, grant by charter.[2]. Let or hire (a ship).
Checker: Wendy
Definition
n. any formal writing in evidence of a grant contract or other transaction conferring or confirming titles rights or privileges or the like: the formal deed by which a sovereign guarantees the rights and privileges of his subjects like the famous Mag′na Chart′a signed by King John at Runnymede 15th June 1215 or the Charte of Louis XVIII. at the Restoration in 1814 or that sworn by Louis-Philippe 29th August 1830: any instrument by which powers and privileges are conferred by the state on a select body of persons for a special object as the 'charter of a bank:' a patent: grant allowance: immunity.—v.t. to establish by charter: to let or hire as a ship on contract.—p.adj. Chart′ered granted or protected by a charter: privileged: licensed: hired by contract.
Edited by Ivan
Examples
- It was incorporated, in pursuance of an act of parliament, by a charter under the great seal, dated the 27th of July 1694. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Their exclusive charter has not been confirmed by act of parliament. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In such cases their internal freedom was maintained by a royal or imperial charter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it has stood all attacks, and went on well, notwithstanding the Assembly repealed its charter. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A charter of incorporation was granted in July, 1662; and, later, Charles II proclaimed himself founder and patron of the Royal Society for the advancement of natural science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The really rigid and mechanical thing is the charter behind which Tammany works. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was the Charter of the Land. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Robert Burns was right when he preferred poetry to charters. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots make a democracy out of an illiterate people. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The boss, and the bosslet, the heeler--the men who are it--all are there exercising the real power, the power that independently of charters and elections decides what shall happen. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Turbaria Bruaria--the right of cutting heath-turf--occurs in charters relating to the district. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But it was only in 1620 that the northern region began to be settled, and that under fresh charters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Chartered Gas Company, established by Mr. Winsor's persevering efforts, has served as the guiding star to all other gas companies in the world. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The school, chartered in 1753, grew ultimately into the University of Pennsylvania. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The very beautiful and substantial side-wheel steamship Quaker City has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York June 8th. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Government had seized the steamer chartered for Brazil, in order to bring troops from the Yazoo River to New Orleans to stop the rioting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The old Scotchman was one of the innocent, chartered libertines of the place, with an unlimited stock of good jokes and stories, but seldom of any practical use. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We chartered a little steamer and went out there. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A month later they arrived at Freetown where they chartered a small sailing vessel, the Fuwalda, which was to bear them to their final destination. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- None of these things will interfere with my chartering a few thousand tons on my own account. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Shortly after the episode of the lion hunt, D'Arnot succeeded in chartering an ancient tub for the coastwise trip to Tarzan's land-locked harbor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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