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charter

/ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Charter means: engage for service under a term of contract.

Synonyms for charter5

verb, as in engage for service under a term of contract

lease, rent, hire, engage, take

verb, as in hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

rent, hire, lease

What does charter mean?5

verb

1

engage for service under a term of contract“We took an apartment on a quiet street”

2

hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

3

grant a charter to

noun

1

a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation

2

a contract to hire or lease transportation

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with charter?6

two syllables

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Show 40 near rhymes
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Charter in a sentence

  • The charter flight is to take off at three.Lumi
  • They will dispatch four charter buses to pick everyone up.AlanF_US
  • Charter schools get paid taxpayer money to deliver worse results than public schools.shekitten
  • The party charter passes with twenty-one votes against and four abstentions.frpzzd
  • The Premier subscribed his name to the charter.unknown
  • We've got a charter flight waiting to take us to Boston.CM
  • The Algerian state does not respect human rights yet it has signed the charter.Igider
  • I want to charter a bus.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of charter

as a noun

plural
charters

as a verb

past tense
chartered
present participle
chartering
third-person singular
charters
past participle
chartered