Charter
/ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
nounA similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
Sentence Examples
The charter flight is to take off at three.
The United Nations Charter was signed in 1945.
The European Social Charter of workers’ rights
CEFR Practice Quiz
The city council approved the ____ that allowed the new school to operate independently.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company decided to ____ a private jet for their business trip.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me."
— c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ix]:
"In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it."
— 2001 March 23, Clare Dyer, “Stolen car ruling 'a thieves' charter'”, in The Guardian, London:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The city council approved the ____ that allowed the new school to operate independently.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company decided to ____ a private jet for their business trip.