charter
English
editAlternative forms
edit- chartre (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom 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
editcharter (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
editDescendants
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
editdocument 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
editcharter (not comparable)
Translations
editleased or hired
Verb
editcharter (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
editTranslations
editgrant or establish a charter
to lease or hire something by charter
Anagrams
editBasque
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcharter inan
- charter flight
Declension
editDeclension 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
Finnish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcharter
- (informal) Ellipsis of charterlento (“charter flight”).
Usage notes
edit- preferred Finnish term for "charter flight" is tilauslento
Declension
editInflection of charter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English charter. Doublet of charte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcharter m (plural charters)
Further reading
edit- “charter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English charter.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcharter m (invariable)
Adjective
editcharter (invariable)
Middle English
editNoun
editcharter
- Alternative form of chartre
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English charter.
Noun
editcharter n (plural chartere)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | charter | charterul | chartere | charterele | |
genitive-dative | charter | charterului | chartere | charterelor | |
vocative | charterule | charterelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English charter.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcharter m (plural charteres)
Swedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editcharter c
- charter trip
- Synonym: charterresa
- Vi ska åka på charter!
- We're going on a charter trip!
Declension
editDeclension of charter
Derived terms
editCategories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- British English
- English derogatory terms
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Canadian English
- en:Law
- en:Directives
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/arter
- Rhymes:Basque/arter/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque nouns
- Basque terms spelled with C
- Basque inanimate nouns
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrter
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrter/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish ellipses
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French doublets
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian unadapted borrowings from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/arter
- Rhymes:Italian/arter/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian adjectives
- Italian indeclinable adjectives
- Italian relational adjectives
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from English
- Romanian terms derived from English
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Transport
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish unadapted borrowings from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾteɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾteɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples