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• past tense form of charter.
• past participle of charter.

chartered

British  

/ ˈtʃɑːtəd /

adjective

1. (of a professional person) having attained certain professional qualifications or standards and acquired membership of a particular professional body

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Explanation

Something chartered is rented or leased for a short time. A chartered bus is sometimes used to take a class of kids on a field trip to the zoo. When you charter something, you use it for a specific length of time and pay a fee for it — and when you've done this, it's chartered. Most chartered things are vehicles of some sort, like a chartered airplane or a chartered yacht, used by a group of people who are traveling together. Chartered and charter come from the Latin chartula, "little paper," as in the paper form you fill out when you charter something.

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Some US media, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, have reported that the plane was chartered by Jason Miller, an adviser to Trump.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

It also helps arrange travel by purchasing seats on commercial flights and reselling them, and in some cases has chartered aircraft.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Charities step in to help some people leave on chartered planes, as well as via long, excruciating journeys on overcrowded trains and buses.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Sauer sought the Supreme Court’s immediate intervention after lower courts ruled in favor of the preservation group, which was chartered by Congress to engage the public in protecting historic sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

A group of veterans in Minnesota had chartered a bus to drive them to DC.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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