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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's been chartered by the field's owners from Aberdeen-based Altera and, during my 48 hours on board, it was constantly but gently rolling on the North Atlantic swell.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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

If a university refuses to recognize a fraternity chapter that is still chartered by its national organization, it can continue to operate off campus without oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

After the cremation, Mother chartered a boat and went out into the Atlantic.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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