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1. A document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
    
2. A contract to hire or lease transportation

1. Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
   - rent, hire, lease
    
2. Grant a charter to
    
3. Engage for service under a term of contract
   - lease, rent, hire, engage, take

Derived forms: chartering, charters, chartered

Type of: acquire, certify, contract, document, get, licence [Brit, Cdn], license, papers, undertake, written document

Encyclopedia: Charter