Carte vs Charter - What's the difference?
carte | charter |
A bill of fare; a menu.
(dated) A visiting card.
* 1869 , Emma Jane Worboise, The fortunes of Cyril Denham (page 258)
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.
* Shakespeare
Leased or hired.
As nouns the difference between carte and charter
is that carte is a bill of fare; a menu while charter is a document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.As an adjective charter is
leased or hired.As a verb charter is
to grant or establish a charter.carte
English
Noun
(en noun)- "He only says she is Laura Somerset, and he sends me her carte ; here it is."
charter
English
Alternative forms
* chartre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.