charter

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Synonyms: chatter, chapter, charmer, charger, carter, chanter, charier, charver, charted, charte, chaster

Antonyms: chatter, chapter, charmer, charger, carter, chanter, charier, charver, charted, charte, chaster

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Noun

1. A [[document]] [[issued]] by some [[authority]], [[creating]] a [[public]] or [[private]] [[institution]], and [[defining]] its [[purposes]] and [[privilege]]s.
2. A similar document [[conferring]] [[right]]s and privileges on a [[person]], [[corporation]] etc.
3. A [[contract]] for the [[commercial]] [[leasing]] of a [[vessel]], or [[space]] on a vessel.
4. The [[temporary]] [[hiring]] or leasing of a [[vehicle]].
5. A [[deed]] {{gloss|legal contract}}.
6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
7. {{lb|en|UK|pejorative|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

Adjective

1. [[lease|Leased]] or [[hired]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grant]] or [[establish]] a charter.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To lease or hire something by charter.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|Canada|law}} (of a [[peace officer]]) To inform (an [[arrestee]]) of their [[constitutional]] rights under the ''[[w:Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'' upon [[arrest]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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