charter 1 of 2

noun

Definition of charternext
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as in treaty

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as in grant

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charter

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verb

1
as in to rent
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum charter a boat

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as in to enable
British to give official or legal power to a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant

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How is the word charter different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of charter are hire, lease, let, and rent. While all these words mean "to engage or grant for use at a price," charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use.

charter a bus to go to the game

How do hire and let relate to one another, in the sense of charter?

Both hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use.

we hired a car for the summer
decided to let the cottage to a young couple

In what contexts can lease take the place of charter?

While in some cases nearly identical to charter, lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.

the diplomat leased an apartment for a year

When would rent be a good substitute for charter?

The words rent and charter are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting.

instead of buying a house, they decided to rent
will not rent to families with children

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Recent Examples of charter
Noun
The tanker was on a long-term charter with DLA Energy, which manages and distributes petroleum and fuel products. — Christian Edwards, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025 The charter movement has attracted some odd political bedfellows. — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Jabo and Biggs have talked about chartering a bus to visit a data center to witness noise levels and see how they’re kept. — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 The greater spike comes presumably as more major retailers that charter their own ships sought to front-load more goods into the U.S. ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for charter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charter
  1. treaty
  2. grant
  3. rent
  4. enable
  5. contract
  6. patent
  7. hire
  8. authorize
Noun
  • Egypt considered Israel to have breached the limits of military presence near areas demilitarized under the treaty, raising tensions.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The goal is to comply with the climate initiates of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty signed in 2015 to prevent climate change.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of treaty
Noun
  • The ready-to-wear award went to Rachel Scott of Diotima, which received a grant and access to a Google mentorship program created in partnership with FTUS.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • This week, a federal antisemitism task force announced a review of Harvard's federal grants and contracts, worth nearly $9 billion, as the university faces an investigation into campus antisemitism, and Princeton University confirmed dozens of its research grants have been halted.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of grant
Verb
  • In between the time Tillman was killed and her body was discovered, the resort rented the room to guests who did not know the body was in the closet, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told the Miami Herald.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
  • If the museum later rents out space, licenses its brand or monetizes the new facility in other ways, investors could see a return on their participation.
    — Larry Bomback, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of rent
Verb
  • The protocol supports long-running tasks and multimodal communication, enabling agents to handle complex workflows involving text, images, audio, or video.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Working electricity also enabled the ship to send distress signals, Smithsonian magazine noted, likely saving hundreds of lives.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of enable
Noun
  • With 25 competitive categories (their current contract is reported to only allow 23), time constraints for the telecast remain a challenge — especially with ABC, the network partner, currently negotiating a renewal deal that happens to expire at the 100th telecast.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • In February, Sony took over CBS’ role as a distributor after claiming that the network breached its contract by entering into unauthorized licensing agreements.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of contract
Noun
  • The Homecourt team is especially proud that the Laundry Concentrate formula is patent pending.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • What’s more, Stacked’s patent-pending snap-in design makes blade replacement a breeze.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of patent
Verb
  • In addition to hiring Fletcher the previous summer, Shero had recently supplemented the hockey operations staff with Tom Fitzgerald, a former NHL player.
    — Rob Rossi, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • To this point, much of the flak created by key contract talks dragging on has flown the way of Hughes, the man Liverpool’s owners at Fenway Sports Group hired for the post-Jurgen Klopp era.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of hire
Verb
  • The settlement would authorize colleges to directly pay athletes via a share up to 22% of the average power conference athletic media, ticket and sponsorship revenue with their athletes, with $20.5 million expected to be the initial annual cap.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This designation authorizes the federal government to take further steps to deny people and entities associated with these cartels access to the United States financial system.
    — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of authorize

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