charter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
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• General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: CH AA1 R T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: vuokra- — leased or hired
• Finnish: vuokrattu — leased or hired
• Hindi: चार्टर्ड (cārṭarḍ) — leased or hired
• Hungarian: bérelt — leased or hired
• Hungarian: charter- — leased or hired
• Russian: ча́ртерный (čártɛrnyj) — leased or hired
• Afrikaans: handves — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Arabic: مِيثَاق (mīṯāq) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Armenian: կանոնադրություն (kanonadrutʻyun) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Belarusian: стату́т (statút) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Belarusian: ха́ртыя (xártyja) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Bulgarian: у́став (ústav) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Chinese Mandarin: 特許狀 /特许状 (tèxǔzhuàng) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Chinese Mandarin: 憲章 /宪章 (xiànzhāng) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Czech: charta — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Danish: charter — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Dutch: charter — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Dutch: handvest — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Esperanto: ĉarto — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Finnish: peruskirja — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• French: charte — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Georgian: ქარტია (karṭia) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• German: Charta — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Hawaiian: palapala hoʻohui — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Hindi: चार्टर (cārṭar) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Hungarian: alapító okirat — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Hungarian: alapokmány — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Hungarian: alapszabály — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Hungarian: létesítő okirat — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Italian: carta — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Japanese: 憲章 (kenshō) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Korean: 헌장 (heonjang) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Malay: piagam — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Māori: tūtohinga — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Māori: kawenata — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Pashto: آرپاڼه — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Persian: منشور (manšur) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Polish: statut — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Polish: karta — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Portuguese: procuração — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Russian: уста́в (ustáv) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Russian: ха́ртия (xártija) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Slovak: charta — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Slovene: ustanovna listina — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Spanish: carta fundacional — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Spanish: tratado fundador — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Tatar: низам (nizam) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Ukrainian: стату́т (statút) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Ukrainian: ха́ртія (xártija) — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Vietnamese: hiến chương — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Welsh: breinlen — document creating an institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
• Afrikaans: handves — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Armenian: հրովարտակ (hrovartak) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Armenian: խարտիա (xartia) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Belarusian: гра́мата (hrámata) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Belarusian: ха́ртыя (xártyja) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Bulgarian: грамота́ (gramotá) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Bulgarian: ха́рта (hárta) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 憲章 /宪章 (xiànzhāng) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Czech: charta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Danish: pagt — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Dutch: handvest — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Dutch: charter — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Esperanto: ĉarto — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Finnish: peruskirja — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• French: charte — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• West-Frisian: hânfêst — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Georgian: ქარტია (karṭia) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• German: Charta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Hindi: चार्टर (cārṭar) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Hungarian: charta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Italian: carta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Japanese: 憲章 (kenshō) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Kazakh: жарғы (jarğy) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Korean: 헌장 (heonjang) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Latin: carta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Limburgish: haandvest — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Low German: karta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Macedonian: повелба (povelba) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Māori: kawenata — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: pakt — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Pashto: آرپاڼه — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Persian: منشور (manšur) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Portuguese: carta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Portuguese: alvará — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Russian: гра́мота (grámota) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Russian: ха́ртия (xártija) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̀мата — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀веља — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: gràmata — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: pòvelja — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Slovak: charta — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Thai: กฎบัตร (gòt-bàt) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: برات (berât) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Ukrainian: гра́мота (hrámota) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Ukrainian: ха́ртія (xártija) — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Welsh: siarter — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Welsh: breinlen — document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
• Belarusian: ча́ртэр (čárter) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Bulgarian: ча́ртър (čártǎr) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Czech: charter — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Esperanto: ĉarti — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Finnish: leasingsopimus — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Japanese: チャーター (chātā) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Korean: 차터 (chateo) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Korean: 전세 (jeonse) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Macedonian: ча́ртер (čárter) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Macedonian: пра́во (právo) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Māori: konotaraka — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Persian: چارتر (čârtar) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Polish: czarter — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Russian: ча́ртер (čártɛr) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: ча̏ртер — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: čȁrter — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Slovak: charter — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Slovene: čarter — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Ukrainian: ча́ртер (čárter) — contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
• Bulgarian: ча́ртър (čártǎr) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 包租 (bāozū) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 包機 /包机 (bāojī) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Finnish: vuokraus — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Finnish: auton vuokraus — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Galician: frete — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Hungarian: bérelt járat — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Japanese: チャーター (chātā) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Macedonian: на́ем (náem) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Macedonian: ча́ртер (čárter) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Portuguese: frete — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Russian: наём (najóm) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Russian: ча́ртер (čártɛr) — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Spanish: fletamento — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Spanish: flete — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Spanish: alquilado — temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
• Finnish: erivapaus — special privilege, immunity, or exemption
• Finnish: liisata — grant or establish a charter
• Romanian: navlosi — grant or establish a charter
• Romanian: afreta — grant or establish a charter
• Catalan: noliejar — to lease or hire something by charter
• Esperanto: ĉarti — to lease or hire something by charter
• Finnish: liisata — to lease or hire something by charter
• Malay: sewa — to lease or hire something by charter
• Portuguese: fretar — to lease or hire something by charter
• Swedish: chartra — to lease or hire something by charter