charter
pronunciation
How to pronounce charter in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɑːtə(r)]
How to pronounce charter in American English:
US [ˈtʃɑːrtər]
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- Noun:
- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- a contract to hire or lease transportation
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- Verb:
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- grant a charter to
- engage for service under a term of contract
Word Origin
- charter (v.)
- early 15c., "provide with a charter," from charter (n.). Meaning "to hire" is attested from 1806. Related: Chartered; chartering.
- charter (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French chartre (12c.) "charter, letter, document, covenant," from Latin chartula/cartula, literally "little paper," diminutive of charta/carta "paper, document" (see chart (n.)).
Example
- 1. Until then , charter flights had been negotiated for each festival season .
- 2. China has so far agreed to open only one non-stop cross-strait cargo charter flight a day .
- 3. Further talks on daily cargo charter flights and full regular scheduled direct flights would follow within three months .
- 4. Beijing airport records about 100 non - commercial charter flight movements a month , about twice the frequency in tokyo .
- 5. The danger is now that the charter will succeed too well and thailand will be back to weak governments .