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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Spirit traces its roots to an airline that began providing chartered flights in the 1980s, and later competed for major domestic routes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Patrick Wolff, 58, is a Democrat, chartered financial analyst and real estate investor who’d never run for public office but has been active in local San Francisco politics.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“Firm compensation structures incentivize potentially good advisers to lead clients into bad structures,” said Noah Damsky, a Los Angeles-based chartered financial analyst.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
The chartered catamaran MV Alfred is expected back from overhaul and should be able to restore the Troon services on Wednesday.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
After one of my meetings, I went back to Reagan National Airport to meet Barack, who was due in on a chartered flight from Chicago.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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