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Meaning of charter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  charter
      n 1: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its
           rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the
           certificate of incorporation
      2: a contract to hire or lease transportation
      v 1: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and
           services [syn: {rent}, {hire}, {charter}, {lease}]
      2: grant a charter to
      3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
         apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we
         take a guide in Rome?" [syn: {lease}, {rent}, {hire},
         {charter}, {engage}, {take}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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