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 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

Contracts, governing documents and official designations

 * 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

Specific charters

 * Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada
 * 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

Transportation

 * 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

Other uses

 * 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