Definitions For Charter

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
• A document issued by a government that gives rights to a person or group
• A document which declares that a city, town, school, or corporation has been established
• A document that describes the basic laws, principles, etc., of a group

verb

• Engage for service under a term of contract
• Grant a charter to
• Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
• To give a charter to (a government, corporation, etc.)
• To hire (a ship, bus, etc.) for temporary use