音标：['tʃɑ:tә]
n. 特许状, 执照, 宪章
vt. 特许, 发给特许执照
【经】 特许, 特许执照, 租船契约
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charter的短语、例句：
charter
n
1
(a) written statement by a ruler or a government granting certain rights and privileges to a town, company, university, etc 特许状（统治者或政府给予一城市、 公司、 大学等的某些权利或特权的证书）
privileges granted by royal charter 皇家特许状所给予的特权.
(b) written statement of the main functions and principles of an organization or institution; constitution （写明某组织或机构的主要职责与原则的）章程, 宪章.
2 hiring of a ship, an aircraft or a vehicle for a particular purpose or group of people （为某目的或某团体对船只、 飞机或车辆的）包租
[attrib 作定语]
a `charter plane 包机. charter, v [Tn]
1 grant a charter(2) to (sb/sth) 准予（某人[某事物]）包租（船只、 飞机或车辆）.
2 hire (an aircraft, etc) for a particular purpose （为某目的）包租（飞机等）: a chartered plane 包机.
charter