charter
noun [C] (OFFICIAL PAPER) /ˈtʃɑː.tər/
/ˈtʃɑːr.t̬ɚ/ Definition
› a formal statement of the rights of a country's people, or of an organization or a particular social group, that is agreed by or demanded from a ruler or government: a charter of rights Education is one of the basic human rights written into the United Nations Charter. The government have produced a Citizen's/Parents'/Patients' Charter.Official documents
(Definition of charter noun (OFFICIAL PAPER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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