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charter   (TTS Sound)

The noun charter has 2 senses

• charter -- (a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation)


• charter -- (a contract to hire or lease transportation)

The verb charter has 3 senses

• rent, hire, charter, lease -- (hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services)


• charter -- (grant a charter to)


• lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take -- (engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?")