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charter

2 verb
     
Related topics: Government
charter2 [transitive]
1 to pay a company for the use of their aircraft, boat etc:
We chartered a boat to take us to some of the smaller islands.
2PG to say officially that a town, organization, or university officially exists and has special rights
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