charters
- 1Plural of charter.
Several medieval charters survive in the cathedral archive.
The airline arranges private charters for corporate clients.
Note
A regular plural, made by adding -s, it carries every meaning of the singular. In history and law it names founding documents, grants of privilege and deeds: medieval charters, royal charters. In shipping and travel it names hired vessels and vehicles, where charters are bookings rather than papers. The surrounding words decide which: archives, granted and signed point to documents, while boats, operators and clients point to hire.
charters is a form of charter
charter, noun: A formal document issued by an authority that creates a public or private institution and defines its purposes and privileges. Full entry
- Forms
- chartercharters plural
- Spelling
- charter → charters: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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