Charter (disambiguation)

A charter is the grant of authority or rights. Charter may also refer to:

Brands and enterprises

• Charter Arms (1964), an American manufacturer of revolvers
• Charter Communications (1993), a large American cable television, Internet and phone company
• Charter Company (1949-1999), a very large, defunct conglomerate that had more than 180 subsidiaries
• Charter International (1889-2012), a large British engineering business, acquired by Colfax Corporation in 2012

Contracts and governing documents

• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada
• Congressional charter, symbolic charters issued by the United States Congress from 1791 to 1992
• Graphic charter, the rules about the graphic identity of an organisation
• Project charter, a statement of the scope, objectives and participants in a project
• United Nations Charter, a statement of the scope, objectives of united nations
• Charter of the Rights of the Family (aka "The Charter" / "La Carta"), Catholic Church
• Charter (New York), a grant of authority or rights issued by the New York State Education Department

Transportation

• Air charter, the renting of an entire plane, as opposed to just seats on a flight
• Bareboat charter, a type of boat chartering whereby no crew or provisions are included
• Yacht charter, the practice of renting a sailboat or motor yacht and travelling to various destinations

Other uses

• Charters (surname)
• Bitstream Charter, a serif typeface designed for Bitstream Inc. by Matthew Carter in 1987

See also

• Chartered (disambiguation)
• Charterhouse (disambiguation)
• Chartering (disambiguation)
• Charthouse