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charter

noun
/ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/UK/ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

  1. derived from chartula
  2. derived from chartre
  3. inherited from charter

Definitions

  1. A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and…

    A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.

  2. A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.

  3. A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.

    2. A deed (legal contract).

    3. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

      • My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.

    4. a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity

    5. Leased or hired.

    6. To grant or establish a charter.

    7. To lease or hire something by charter.

    8. (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the…

      (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.

    9. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at charter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at charter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at charter

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA