| 单词 | charter |
| 释义 | charter (once / 348 pages) 1nv 2vn What do rock gods do when they travel? They charter their own plane, of course. Charter means you rent or lease a particular service or object. Anyone can charter something, though lesser mortals tend to limit themselves to buses. Charter comes from the Latin charta, meaning "paper, card or map." As a noun, charter refers to a written document outlining — or mapping — the rights and obligations of a company or organization, or even, in older days, a town or entire colony. New York City was given a charter, for example, by the British monarch in the 17th century, guaranteeing it certain rights in exchange for goods and services. Today corporations still have charters governing their behavior. WORD FAMILYcharter: chartered, chartering, charters+/chart: charted, charter, charting, chartist, chartless, charts/charted: uncharted/chartered: unchartered/chartist: chartists USAGE EXAMPLESAfter graduating from Cambridge University, he became a chartered accountant. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Democrats opposed to school choice often claim that charter schools and vouchers siphon taxpayer money from traditional public schools. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) NBCUniversal’s current contract with Charter expires Saturday at 9 p.m. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation Exp|Hypo|Hyper The Great Charter the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 bank charter a charter authorizing the operation of a bank royal chartera charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain) document, papers, written document writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) 2v grant a charter to 2Hyper certify, licence, license authorize officially 1v engage for service under a term of contract Syn|Hyper engage, hire, lease, rent, take acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 2v hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services Syn|Hyper hire, lease, rent contract, undertake enter into a contractual arrangement 3n a contract to hire or lease transportation Hyper contract a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law |
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