Definisjon av charter på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
charter - a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
		papers, written document, document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
		articles of incorporation a legal document that creates a corporation; it is filed with a state by the founders of a corporation and is governed by the laws of the state
		certificate of incorporation state approval of the articles of incorporation of a corporation
		bank charter a charter authorizing the operation of a bank
charter - a contract to hire or lease transportation
		contract a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Verb
charter - grant a charter to
		licence, license, certify authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
charter - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
		rent, hire, lease
		undertake, contract promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"
charter - 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?"
		lease, rent, hire, engage, take
		acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

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Substantiv
charter - A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
charter - A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
charter - A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
charter - The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
charter - A deed.
Verb
charter - To grant or establish a charter.
charter - To lease or hire something by charter.
Adjektiv
charter - Leased or hired.

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority, and that the recipient admits a limited (or inferior) status within the relationship, and it is within that sense that charters were historically granted, and that sense is retained in modern usage of the term. Also, charter can simply be a document giving royal permission to start a colony.

charter
A formal written record of transactions, proceedings, etc., as of a society, committee, or legislative body.
charter
To hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services.