charter

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/    美 /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
  5. A deed (legal contract).
  6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
    — My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.
  7. a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity UK,derogatory
    — In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.
动词 v.
  1. To grant or establish a charter. transitive
  2. To lease or hire something by charter. transitive
  3. (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest. Canada,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Leased or hired. not-comparable

词形变化

charters plural chartre alternative,obsolete chartre alternative,obsolete charters present,singular,third-person chartering participle,present chartered participle,past chartered past chartre alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Blackmailer’s Charter charterage charter change charter court charterhouse charterial charterless chartermaster charter master charter member charter party charter-party time charter charterable charterer charter pilot charter school recharter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
词源 2
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
词源 3
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
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