charter
- charter
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noun
1 (C) a statement of the principles, duties, and purposes of an organization: freedoms embodied in the UN charter
2 (singular) BrE informal a law or official decision that seems to give someone the right to do something most people consider morally wrong: Proposals to cut customs staff amount to little more than a drug-smuggler's charter.
3 (C) a signed statement from a government or ruler which allows a town, organization, or university to officially exist and have special rights
4 (U) the practice of paying money to a company to use their boats, aircraft, etc: boats available for charter
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verb (T)
1 to pay for the use of a plane, boat, train etc: a chartered plane
2 to say officially that a town, organization, or university officially exists and has special rights
-see hire 1 (1)
Longman dictionary of contemporary English.
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chárter — 1. ‘[Vuelo] fletado al margen de los vuelos regulares’ y ‘[autobús] contratado al margen de los servicios regulares’. Es voz tomada del inglés charter, que en español debe escribirse con tilde por ser palabra llana acabada en r (→ tilde2, 1.1.2) … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
Charter — Char ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chartered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chartering}.] 1. To establish by charter. [1913 Webster] 2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See {Charter party}, under {Charter}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Charter — Charter: Das Fremdwort für »Urkunde; Freibrief; Frachtvertrag« wurde im 19. Jh. aus gleichbed. engl. charter entlehnt. Dies geht über afrz. chartre auf lat. chartula »kleine Schrift, Briefchen« zurück, eine Verkleinerungsform von charta (vgl. den … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
charter — [chärt′ər] n. [ME chartre < OFr < L chartula, dim. of charta: see CARD1] 1. a franchise or written grant of specified rights made by a government or ruler to a person, corporation, etc. 2. a) a document setting forth the aims and principles … English World dictionary
charter — |chártèr| s. m. Ver chárter. • Plural: charters. ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
