chartered
Britishadjective
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.
Example Sentences
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Holding companies chartered in New Jersey went on to play a central role in the manufacturing merger boom that started in the 1890s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The 422 activists, among them 85 Turkish nationals, were flown from southern Israel on three planes chartered by Ankara, Turkish foreign ministry sources said.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
A single vessel is often owned by one entity, registered to a second, chartered by a third and managed by a fourth.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Turkish foreign ministry sources said 422 activists, among them 85 Turkish nationals, were flown from southern Israel on three planes chartered by Ankara.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Though this was supposed to be a chartered train that the deportees had paid for, a mass of Japanese soldiers in their khaki uniforms and caps pushed on board.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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