charter

charter is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
2. noun. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
5. noun. 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.
6. transitive verb. To establish by charter.
7. transitive verb. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.
8. noun. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
9. noun. a contract to hire or lease transportation
10. verb. engage for service under a term of contract

    "We took an apartment on a quiet street"

    "Let's rent a car"

    Synonyms: engage, hire, lease, rent, take

11. verb. grant a charter to
12. verb. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

    Synonyms: hire, lease, rent

Synonyms

engage, hire, lease, rent, take

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in charter:

ratcher, rechart

Common word forms

charters, chartered, charterer, chartering, charterable, charterless

Words from these letters

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