Noun

(en noun)

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

My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.

Noun

(en noun)

A map.

# A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

# A navigator's map.

A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.

# A tabular presentation of data; a table.

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, author=, volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= , title= Pixels or Perish , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

# A diagram.

# A graph.

#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-30, volume=409, issue=8864, magazine=(The Economist), author=Paul Davis

, title= Letters: Say it as simply as possible , passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“ On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}

# A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.

# A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.

A written deed; a charter.

(topology) A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas