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

• Charter Arms (1964), an American manufacturer of revolvers
• Charter Behavioral Health Systems, defunct operator of medical facilities
• 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

• 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
• University charter
• Municipal charter
• Charter school, a school that operates independently of the local public school system
• Charter city, form of legal municipal structure
• Charter (New York), a grant of authority or rights issued by the New York State Education Department
• Charter township, township with village-like powers in Michigan
• Anglo-Saxon charters

• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada
• Charter of the French Language, a statute establishing french as the official language of the province of Quebec
• 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

• Air charter, the renting of an entire plane, as opposed to just seats on a flight
• Ship charter, the renting of a ship or boat
  • Bareboat charter, a type of ship or 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
• The renting of an entire train, as an excursion train, or a city bus or tram

• Charters (surname)
• Andrew Charter, field hockey player
• Charter (typeface), a serif typeface designed for Bitstream Inc. by Matthew Carter in 1987
• Charter (film), a 2020 Swedish film

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