CHARTER Synonyms

• the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards)

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• compatibility of observations

• harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

• the verbal act of agreeing

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

• a document giving an official instruction or command

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• official permission or approval

• the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

• the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

• confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

• validating the authenticity of something or someone

• a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

• the act of conceding or yielding

• a point conceded or yielded

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

• something that people do or cause to happen

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place

• a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

• a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)

• grant a franchise to

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• authorize officially

• a document giving an official instruction or command

• a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

• the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

• assign under a mandate

• make mandatory

• assign authority to

• a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

• an official document granting a right or privilege

• (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• obtain a patent for

• grant rights to; grant a patent for

• make open to sight or notice

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

• consent to, give permission; permit

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

• a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

• a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

• (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship

• bestow a privilege upon

• formal and explicit approval

• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

• official permission or approval

• the act of final authorization

• give sanction to

• give authority or permission to

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

• a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure

• a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

• a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

• a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price

• formal and explicit approval

• a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

• provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action)

• stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of

• a newly hired employee

• the act of hiring something or someone

• engage or hire for work

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• engage for service under a term of contract