Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
- 2noun
An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- 5noun
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.
- 6transitive verb
To establish by charter.
- 7transitive verb
To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.
- 8noun
a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- 9noun
a contract to hire or lease transportation
- 10verb
engage for service under a term of contract
"We took an apartment on a quiet street"
"Let's rent a car"
- 11verb
grant a charter to
- 12verb
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
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