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liberty
English
Etymology
From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?b?ti/
Noun
liberty (countable and uncountable, plural liberties)
- The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
- The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
- The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
- Freedom from excessive government control.
- A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
- (often plural) A breach of social convention.
- A local division of government administration in medieval England.
- (game of Go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.
Synonyms
- freedom
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- liberty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- liberty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Liberty in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- liberty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Liberty (division) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Birtley, Tribley
Italian
Noun
liberty m (invariable)
- art nouveau
liberty From the web:
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charter
English
Alternative forms
- chartre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t????t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t????t?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?(?)
- Hyphenation: char?ter
Noun
charter (plural charters)
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- (Britain, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- 2001 March 23, Clare Dyer "Stolen car ruling 'a thieves' charter'", The Guardian, London:
- In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.
- 2005 November 30, Stephen Foley "The market where 'caveat emptor' has become a charter for fraud" The Independent, London
- 2001 March 23, Clare Dyer "Stolen car ruling 'a thieves' charter'", The Guardian, London:
Descendants
- ? Bulgarian: ?????? (?art?r)
- ? Dutch: charter
- ? Estonian: tšarter
- ? French: charter
- ? Italian: charter
- ? Japanese: ?????
- ? Polish: czarter
- ? Russian: ?????? (?arter)
- ? Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ??????
- Latin: ?arter
- ? Spanish: charter, chárter
- ? Swedish: charter
- ? Turkish: charter
- ? Uzbek: charter
Translations
Adjective
charter (not comparable)
- Leased or hired.
Translations
Verb
charter (third-person singular simple present charters, present participle chartering, simple past and past participle chartered)
- (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
- (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
- (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
Translations
See also
- charter school
Anagrams
- charret, chartre, rechart
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English charter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?.t??/
Noun
charter m (plural charters)
- a charter flight
- a charter plane
- a charter pilot
Further reading
- “charter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- châtrer
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English charter.
Noun
charter m (invariable)
- Charter plane or flight
Adjective
charter (invariable)
- (relational) charter
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English charter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??a?te?/, [?t??a?.t?e?]
Noun
charter m (plural charteres)
- a shuttlebus
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