charter

v. hire, rent

n. document granting certain rights and privileges; contract, lease

For other uses of charter, see Charter (disambiguation). A charter is a document bestowing certain rights on a town, city, university, land or institution; sometimes used as a loan of money. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights. The term derives from a root word meaning "paper".
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Noun
1. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
(hypernym) document, written document, papers
(hyponym) bank charter
(part-meronym) articles of incorporation
2. a contract to hire or lease transportation
(hypernym) contract
(derivation) rent, hire, lease
Verb
1. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
(synonym) rent, hire, lease
(hypernym) contract, undertake
2. grant a charter to
(hypernym) license, licence, certify
3. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
(synonym) lease, rent, hire, engage, take
(hypernym) get, acquire

n. charter, document granting certain rights and privileges, contract, lease; charter flight, flight which is rented for a specific trip

n. charter flight, flight which is rented for a specific trip