charter

/ˈchär-tər/

Middle English chartre, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin chartula, from Latin, diminutive of charta seechart

noun

  1. a written instrument or contract (such as a deed) executed in due form

  2. a grant or guarantee of rights, franchises, or privileges from the sovereign power of a state or country

  3. a written instrument that creates and defines the franchises of a city, educational institution, or corporation

verb

  1. to establish, enable, or convey by charter

  2. certify

  3. to hire, rent, or lease for usually exclusive and temporary use

The city was chartered in 1837.

a chartered mechanical engineer

hire let lease rent charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use. lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or being a travel arrangement in which transportation (such as a bus or plane) is hired by and for one specific group of people

a charter flight