charter
n
1
(a) written statement by a ruler or a government granting certain rights and privileges to a town, company, university, etc 特許狀(統治者或政府給予一城市、 公司、 大學等的某些權利或特權的證書)
privileges granted by royal charter 皇家特許狀所給予的特權.
(b) written statement of the main functions and principles of an organization or institution; constitution (寫明某組織或機構的主要職責與原則的)章程, 憲章.
2 hiring of a ship, an aircraft or a vehicle for a particular purpose or group of people (為某目的或某團體對船只、 飛機或車輛的)包租
[attrib 作定語]
a `charter plane 包機. charter, v [Tn]
1 grant a charter(2) to (sb/sth) 準予(某人[某事物])包租(船只、 飛機或車輛).
2 hire (an aircraft, etc) for a particular purpose (為某目的)包租(飛機等): a chartered plane 包機.