charter

See also: Charter and chárter

English

Alternative forms

• chartre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: char‧ter

Noun

charter (plural charters)

1. A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
2. A similar document conferring rights 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 (legal contract).
6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ix]:

     My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.

7. (UK, derogatory, 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
   • 2001 March 23, Clare Dyer, “Stolen car ruling 'a thieves' charter'”, in The Guardian, London:

     In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.

   • 2005 November 30, Stephen Foley, “The market where 'caveat emptor' has become a charter for fraud”, in The Independent, London:

Synonyms

• (signed document): chirograph (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Blackmailer’s Charter
• charterage
• charter change
• charter court
• charterhouse
• charterial
• charterless
• chartermaster
• charter master
• charter member
• charter party, charter-party
• time charter

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ча́ртър (čártăr)
• → Dutch: charter
• → Estonian: tšarter
• → French: charter
• → Italian: charter
• → Japanese: チャーター (chātā)
• → Polish: czarter
• → Romanian: charter
• → Russian: ча́ртер (čártɛr)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ча̏ртер

  Latin script: čȁrter

• → Spanish: charter, chárter
• → Swedish: charter
• → Turkish: charter
• → Uzbek: charter
• → Welsh: siarter

Translations

document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges

• Afrikaans: handves
• Arabic: مِيثَاق m (mīṯāq)
• Armenian: կանոնադրություն (hy) (kanonadrutʻyun)
• Belarusian: стату́т m (statút), ха́ртыя f (xártyja)
• Bulgarian: у́став (bg) m (ústav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特許狀 / 特许状 (zh) (tèxǔzhuàng), 憲章 / 宪章 (zh) (xiànzhāng)

• Czech: charta (cs) f
• Danish: charter (da) n
• Dutch: charter (nl), handvest (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĉarto
• Finnish: peruskirja (fi)
• French: charte (fr) f
• Georgian: ქარტია (karṭia)
• German: Charta (de) f
• Hawaiian: palapala hoʻohui
• Hindi: चार्टर (hi) m (cārṭar)
• Hungarian: alapító okirat, alapokmány (hu), alapszabály (hu), létesítő okirat
• Italian: carta (it)
• Japanese: 憲章 (ja) (けんしょう, kenshō)
• Korean: 헌장(憲章) (ko) (heonjang)
• Malay: piagam
• Māori: tūtohinga, kawenata
• Pashto: آرپاڼه
• Persian: منشور (fa) (manšur)
• Polish: statut (pl) m, karta (pl) f
• Portuguese: procuração (pt) f
• Russian: уста́в (ru) m (ustáv), ха́ртия (ru) f (xártija)
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt f
• Slovak: charta f
• Slovene: ustanovna listina f
• Spanish: carta fundacional f, tratado fundador m
• Tatar: низам (nizam)
• Ukrainian: стату́т m (statút), ха́ртія (uk) f (xártija)
• Vietnamese: hiến chương (vi)
• Welsh: breinlen f

document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.

• Afrikaans: handves
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հրովարտակ (hy) (hrovartak), խարտիա (hy) (xartia)
• Belarusian: гра́мата f (hrámata), ха́ртыя f (xártyja)
• Bulgarian: грамота́ (bg) f (gramotá), ха́рта (bg) f (hárta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憲章 / 宪章 (zh) (xiànzhāng)

• Czech: charta (cs) f
• Danish: pagt c
• Dutch: handvest (nl), charter (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĉarto
• Finnish: peruskirja (fi)
• French: charte (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: hânfêst

• Georgian: ქარტია (karṭia)
• German: Charta (de) f
• Hindi: चार्टर (hi) m (cārṭar)
• Hungarian: charta (hu)
• Italian: carta (it)
• Japanese: 憲章 (ja) (けんしょう, kenshō)
• Kazakh: жарғы (jarğy)
• Korean: 헌장(憲章) (ko) (heonjang)
• Latin: carta
• Limburgish: haandvest
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: handvest, haandvest

  German Low German: karta

• Macedonian: повелба f (povelba)
• Māori: kawenata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pakt (no) m or f

• Pashto: آرپاڼه
• Persian: منشور (fa) (manšur)
• Portuguese: carta (pt) f, alvará (pt) m
• Russian: гра́мота (ru) f (grámota), ха́ртия (ru) f (xártija)
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гра̀мата f, по̀веља f

  Latin: gràmata (sh) f, pòvelja (sh) f

• Slovak: charta f
• Thai: กฎบัตร (th) (gòt-bàt)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: برات (berât)

• Ukrainian: гра́мота (uk) f (hrámota), ха́ртія (uk) f (xártija)
• Welsh: siarter, breinlen f

contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel

• Belarusian: ча́ртэр m (čárter)
• Bulgarian: ча́ртър m (čártăr)
• Czech: charter m
• Esperanto: ĉarti
• Finnish: leasingsopimus (fi)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} járatbérlési szerződés
• Japanese: チャーター (ja) (chātā)
• Korean: 차터 (chateo), 전세(專貰) (ko) (jeonse)
• Macedonian: ча́ртер m (čárter), пра́во n (právo)
• Māori: konotaraka
• Persian: چارتر (čârtar)
• Polish: czarter (pl) m
• Russian: ча́ртер (ru) m (čártɛr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ча̏ртер m

  Latin: čȁrter (sh) m

• Slovak: charter m
• Slovene: čarter m
• Ukrainian: ча́ртер m (čárter)

temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle

• Bulgarian: ча́ртър m (čártăr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包租 (zh) (bāozū), 包機 / 包机 (zh) (bāojī) (of aircraft)

• Finnish: vuokraus (fi), auton vuokraus
• Galician: frete m
• Hungarian: bérelt járat, ^{(please verify)} járatbérlés, ^{(please verify)} járat bérlése, ^{(please verify)} járat kibérlése, ^{(please verify)} járat bérbevétele, ^{(please verify)} járat bérbeadása
• Japanese: チャーター (ja) (chātā)
• Macedonian: на́ем m (náem), ча́ртер m (čárter)
• Portuguese: frete (pt) m
• Russian: наём (ru) m (najóm), ча́ртер (ru) m (čártɛr)
• Spanish: fletamento m, flete (es) m, alquilado (es) m

deed — see deed

special privilege, immunity, or exemption

• Finnish: erivapaus (fi)

Adjective

charter (not comparable)

1. Leased or hired.

Translations

leased or hired

• Finnish: vuokra-, vuokrattu (fi)
• Hindi: चार्टर्ड (cārṭarḍ)
• Hungarian: bérelt (hu), charter- (hu)
• Russian: ча́ртерный (ru) (čártɛrnyj) (of ships or planes)

Verb

charter (third-person singular simple present charters, present participle chartering, simple past and past participle chartered)

1. (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
2. (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
3. (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.

Derived terms

• charterable
• charterer
• charter pilot
• charter school
• recharter

Translations

grant or establish a charter

• Finnish: liisata (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} affretter (2)
• Romanian: (mainly boats) navlosi (ro), afreta (ro)

to lease or hire something by charter

• Catalan: noliejar (ca)
• Esperanto: ĉarti
• Finnish: liisata (fi)
• Malay: sewa (ms)
• Portuguese: fretar (pt)
• Swedish: chartra (sv)

Anagrams

• charret, chartre, rechart

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃarter/ [t͡ʃar.t̪er]
• Rhymes: -arter, -er
• Hyphenation: char‧ter

Noun

charter inan

1. charter flight

Declension

Declension of charter (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	charter	charterra	charterrak	charterrok
ergative	charterrek	charterrak	charterrek	charterrok
dative	charterri	charterrari	charterrei	charterroi
genitive	charterren	charterraren	charterren	charterron
comitative	charterrekin	charterrarekin	charterrekin	charterrokin
causative	charterrengatik	charterrarengatik	charterrengatik	charterrongatik
benefactive	charterrentzat	charterrarentzat	charterrentzat	charterrontzat
instrumental	charterrez	charterraz	charterrez	charterrotaz
inessive	charterretan	charterrean	charterretan	charterrotan
locative	charterretako	charterreko	charterretako	charterrotako
allative	charterretara	charterrera	charterretara	charterrotara
terminative	charterretaraino	charterreraino	charterretaraino	charterrotaraino
directive	charterretarantz	charterrerantz	charterretarantz	charterrotarantz
destinative	charterretarako	charterrerako	charterretarako	charterrotarako
ablative	charterretatik	charterretik	charterretatik	charterrotatik
partitive	charterrik	—	—	—
prolative	chartertzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “charter”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑrt(ː)er/, [ˈʃɑ̝rt̪(ː)e̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑrter

Noun

charter

1. (informal) ellipsis of charterlento (“charter flight”)

Usage notes

• preferred Finnish term for "charter flight" is tilauslento

Declension

Inflection of charter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		charter	charterit
genitive		charterin	charterien chartereiden chartereitten
partitive		charteria	chartereita chartereja
illative		charteriin	chartereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		charter	charterit
accusative	nom.	charter	charterit
	gen.	charterin
genitive		charterin	charterien chartereiden chartereitten
partitive		charteria	chartereita chartereja
inessive		charterissa	chartereissa
elative		charterista	chartereista
illative		charteriin	chartereihin
adessive		charterilla	chartereilla
ablative		charterilta	chartereilta
allative		charterille	chartereille
essive		charterina	chartereina
translative		charteriksi	chartereiksi
abessive		charteritta	chartereitta
instructive		—	charterein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of charter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative charterini charterini accusative nom. charterini charterini gen. charterini genitive charterini charterieni chartereideni chartereitteni partitive charteriani chartereitani charterejani inessive charterissani chartereissani elative charteristani chartereistani illative charteriini chartereihini adessive charterillani chartereillani ablative charteriltani chartereiltani allative charterilleni chartereilleni essive charterinani chartereinani translative charterikseni chartereikseni abessive charterittani chartereittani instructive — — comitative — chartereineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative charterisi charterisi accusative nom. charterisi charterisi gen. charterisi genitive charterisi charteriesi chartereidesi chartereittesi partitive charteriasi chartereitasi charterejasi inessive charterissasi chartereissasi elative charteristasi chartereistasi illative charteriisi chartereihisi adessive charterillasi chartereillasi ablative charteriltasi chartereiltasi allative charterillesi chartereillesi essive charterinasi chartereinasi translative charteriksesi chartereiksesi abessive charterittasi chartereittasi instructive — — comitative — chartereinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative charterimme charterimme accusative nom. charterimme charterimme gen. charterimme genitive charterimme charteriemme chartereidemme chartereittemme partitive charteriamme chartereitamme charterejamme inessive charterissamme chartereissamme elative charteristamme chartereistamme illative charteriimme chartereihimme adessive charterillamme chartereillamme ablative charteriltamme chartereiltamme allative charterillemme chartereillemme essive charterinamme chartereinamme translative charteriksemme chartereiksemme abessive charterittamme chartereittamme instructive — — comitative — chartereinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative charterinne charterinne accusative nom. charterinne charterinne gen. charterinne genitive charterinne charterienne chartereidenne chartereittenne partitive charterianne chartereitanne charterejanne inessive charterissanne chartereissanne elative charteristanne chartereistanne illative charteriinne chartereihinne adessive charterillanne chartereillanne ablative charteriltanne chartereiltanne allative charterillenne chartereillenne essive charterinanne chartereinanne translative charteriksenne chartereiksenne abessive charterittanne chartereittanne instructive — — comitative — chartereinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative charterinsa charterinsa accusative nom. charterinsa charterinsa gen. charterinsa genitive charterinsa charteriensa chartereidensa chartereittensa partitive charteriaan charteriansa chartereitaan charterejaan chartereitansa charterejansa inessive charterissaan charterissansa chartereissaan chartereissansa elative charteristaan charteristansa chartereistaan chartereistansa illative charteriinsa chartereihinsa adessive charterillaan charterillansa chartereillaan chartereillansa ablative charteriltaan charteriltansa chartereiltaan chartereiltansa allative charterilleen charterillensa chartereilleen chartereillensa essive charterinaan charterinansa chartereinaan chartereinansa translative charterikseen charteriksensa chartereikseen chartereiksensa abessive charterittaan charterittansa chartereittaan chartereittansa instructive — — comitative — chartereineen chartereinensa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English charter. Doublet of charte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.tɛʁ/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

charter m (plural charters)

1. a charter flight
2. a charter plane
3. a charter pilot

Further reading

• “charter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• châtrer

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English charter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃar.ter/
• Rhymes: -arter

Noun

charter m (invariable)

1. charter plane or flight

Adjective

charter (invariable)

1. (relational) charter

Middle English

Noun

charter

1. alternative form of chartre

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English charter.

Noun

charter n (plural chartere)

1. (transport) charter

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	charter	charterul	chartere	charterele
genitive-dative	charter	charterului	chartere	charterelor
vocative	charterule		charterelor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English charter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾteɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾteɾ
• Syllabification: char‧ter

Noun

charter m (plural charteres)

1. a shuttlebus

Swedish

Etymology

From English charter.

Noun

charter c

1. charter trip

   Synonym: charterresa

   Vi ska åka på charter!

   We're going on a charter trip!

Declension

Declension of charter

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	charter	charters
	definite	chartern	charterns
plural	indefinite	chartrar	chartrars
	definite	chartrarna	chartrarnas

Derived terms

• charterbåt
• charterflyg
• charterplan
• charterturism
• charterturist
• chartra