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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

carta

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈkaɾta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Charter/ˈtʃɑːr.tər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La carta magna establece las leyes fundamentales del país."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A written grant by a sovereign or legislative power by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined.

    "The university operates under a royal charter granted in the nineteenth century."
As verb
  1. 1

    To hire, rent, or lease a vehicle, aircraft, or ship for private use.

    "They decided to charter a yacht to explore the islands for the weekend."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'charter', via Old French from Latin 'chartula', a diminutive of 'charta' meaning 'paper' or 'leaf of papyrus'. Originally referring to a written instrument or document conferring rights, the meaning later expanded to include the hiring or leasing of aircraft, ships, or vehicles.

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