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charter - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treaty, agreement |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reserve, commission |
| Synonyms: | allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | diploma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | certificate for achievement |
| Synonyms: | authority, award, charter, commission, confirmation, credentials, degree, honor, recognition, voucher, warrant, sheepskin, shingle |
| Main Entry: | franchise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, right |
| Synonyms: | authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, attestation, certification, gage, recognizance |
| Notes: | guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commission for responsibility, use |
| Synonyms: | appoint, authorize, book, bring in, carry, charter, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, lease, let, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on*, rent, retain, secure, select, take on, utilize, add to payroll, bring on board, contract for, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, ink, make use of, put to work, sign on, sign up*, sublease, sublet, truck with |
| Antonyms: | discharge, fire, lay off, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege, exemption |
| Synonyms: | amnesty, charter, exoneration, franchise, freedom, impunity, indemnity, liberty, license, prerogative, protection, release, resistance, right, invulnerability |
| Antonyms: | responsibility, susceptibility, defenselessness, vulnerability |
| Main Entry: | incorporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include, combine |
| Synonyms: | absorb, add to, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, blend, charter, coalesce, consolidate, cover, dub, embody, form, fuse, imbibe, integrate, join, link, merge, mix, organize, pool, put together, start, subsume, unite, gang up*, hook in, tie in |
| Antonyms: | divide, drop, exclude, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rent object, residence |
| Synonyms: | charter, hire, let, loan, rent out, sublease, sublet |
| Antonyms: | sell |
| Main Entry: | legislation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law of a government |
| Synonyms: | act, bill, charter, constitution, enactment, measure, prescription, regulation, ruling, statute, codification, lawmaking |
| Main Entry: | patent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copyright on an invention |
| Synonyms: | charter, concession, control, franchise, license, limitation, privilege, protection |
| Main Entry: | permit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization |
| Synonyms: | admittance, allowance, charter, concession, consent, favor, franchise, go-ahead*, grant, green light*, indulgence, leave, liberty, license, pass, passport, patent, permission, privilege, sanction, warrant, empowering, legalization, safe-conduct, sufferance, toleration, visa |
| Antonyms: | prohibition, grounding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | permit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow participation |
| Synonyms: | abet, accede, accept, acquiesce, admit, agree, authorize, bless, boost, buy, charter, concede, concur, condone, consent, empower, enable, endorse, endure, franchise, go for, grant, have, humor, indulge, leave, let, license, okay, pass, privilege, sanctify, sanction, sign, suffer, thumbs up*, tolerate, warrant, blink at, give leave, give permission, let pass, say yes, shake on, sign off on, take kindly to, wink at* |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | privilege |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, due |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, appanage, appurtenance, authority, authorization, benefit, birthright, boon, chance, charter, claim, concession, event, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, grant, immunity, liberty, license, opportunity, perquisite, prerogative, right, sanction, entitlement |
| Antonyms: | detriment, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | rent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay or charge fee for use, service, or privilege |
| Synonyms: | borrow, charter, contract, engage, hire, lease, lend, let, loan, take it, allow the use of, make available, put on loan, sublet |
| Antonyms: | buy, purchase |
| Main Entry: | treaty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, contract |
| Synonyms: | accord, alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, compact, concord, convention, covenant, deal, entente, league, negotiation, pact, reconciliation, sanction, settlement, understanding, concordat |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | imprimatur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approval |
| Synonyms: | charter, permission, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | book |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | register, arrange for |
| Synonyms: | bespeak, bill, charter, engage, enroll, enter, hire, order, organize, procure, program, reserve, schedule, set up, line up, make reservation, pencil in, preengage, sew up |
| Antonyms: | bow out, cancel |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hire for job, use |
| Synonyms: | appoint, bespeak, book, charter, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, lease, place, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, take on, bring on board, come on board, ink, prearrange, sign on, sign up, truck with |
| Antonyms: | banish, discharge, dismiss, eject, expel, fire, oust, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
| Synonyms: | amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, correction, credo, creed, decree, equity, evenness, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, law, legality, litigation, penalty, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, truth, constitutionality, due process, fair play, fair treatment, judicatory, judicature, justness, legal process, legalization, legitimacy, reasonableness, square deal |
| Antonyms: | injustice, lawlessness, partiality, illegality, unethicalness, unfairness |
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