charter
- IPA[ˈCHärdər]
美式
- a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined；a written constitution or description of an organization's functions
- grant a charter to (a company, college, city, or other body)；reserve (an aircraft, boat, or bus) for private use
verb: charter, 3rd person present: charters, gerund or present participle: chartering, past tense: chartered, past participle: chartered
noun: charter, plural noun: charters
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined the town received a charter from the Emperor 同義詞
- ▪ a written constitution or description of an organization's functions the impending review of the BBC's Charter 同義詞
- 2. the reservation of an aircraft, boat, or bus for private use a plane on charter to a multinational company 同義詞
- ▪ an aircraft, boat, or bus that is reserved for private use the fifty foot charter Capricorn will join the team his use of expensive private charter jets for government travel
- ▪ a trip made by an aircraft, boat, or bus under charter he liked to see the boat sparkling clean before each charter
動詞
- 1. grant a charter to (a company, college, city, or other body) the company was chartered in 1864
- 2. reserve (an aircraft, boat, or bus) for private use he chartered a plane to take him to Paris
