(n.) A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form
as, an historical chart.
(n.) A map
esp., a hydrographic or marine map
a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen
as, the United States Coast Survey charts
the English Admiralty charts.
(n.) A written deed
a charter.
(v. t.) To lay down in a chart
to map
to delineate
as, to chart a coast.
charta
(n.) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written
parchment or paper.
(n.) A charter or deed
a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta.
chartaceous
(a.) Resembling paper or parchment
of paper-like texture
papery.
charte
(n.) The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.
charted
(imp. &
p. p.) of Chart
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charter
(n.) A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man
a deed, or conveyance.
(n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
(n.) An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.
(n.) A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
(n.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let
as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below.
(v. t.) To establish by charter.
(v. t.) To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.