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Charter

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.

verb

(past & past part. chartered; pres. part. chartering)

1.

Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. Synonyms: hire, lease, rent.

2.

Grant a charter to.

3.

Engage for service under a term of contract. Synonyms: engage, hire, lease, rent, take. "Let's rent a car" , "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

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"Charter" Quotes from Famous Books

... rank. While the piece of money in his hand, far from fulfilling the absurd purpose sometimes suggested,—that of showing his claim to wealth!—marks another civic event of this year. For it was on the 10th of January, 1516, that the Emperor Maximilian had just issued the Charter which gave to Basel the right to mint her own gold coins. In the painting the pose of Meyer's right hand has been altered, and the position which Holbein originally gave it can still be made out. The monogram and date ...

— Holbein • Beatrice Fortescue

... his cogitative powers; the promulgator of his most recondite labors; the strong arm of his support in the defence and maintenance of his inherent rights as a member of the social compact; the vindicator of his claims to the exalted station of one stamped in the express image of God; it is the charter of freedom to ameliorated man in the glorious strife of social organization, in the pursuits of life, liberty, and happiness. Hence I have ever cherished the deepest regard for those who have appropriated their time and talents to this vast engine of civilization. ...

— The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II • Various

... smoothing a mud-spattered chin with a grimed hand, regarded the latest arrival measuringly. "Trying to run in and break a Combine charter, were you? You'd better spill the facts; your own head office will disown you, you ought to know that. They never back any failures ...

— Voodoo Planet • Andrew North

... work owes its inception and completion to the enterprise and indomitable energy of Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was born at Versailles, France, on the 19th November, 1805. In January, 1856, he obtained a charter from the Egyptian Government for a company to construct the canal, and began work in 1859. Though beset by many difficulties, the persistent energy of De Lesseps fought its way to success, and in 1869 he had the satisfaction ...

— A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery • Benziger Brothers

... or fading scroll Outface the charter of the soul? Shall priesthood's palsied arm protect The wrong our human hearts reject, And smite the lips whose shuddering cry Proclaims a cruel creed a lie? The wizard's rope we disallow Was ...

— Over the Teacups • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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