chartered Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
    hire; rent; charter; lease.
  2. verb grant a charter to
    charter.
  3. verb engage for service under a term of contract
    hire; engage; charter; take; lease; rent.
    • We took an apartment on a quiet street
    • Let's rent a car
    • Shall we take a guide in Rome?
  4. adjective hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
    leased; hired.
    • a chartered plane
    • the chartered buses arrived on time

WordNet

Char"tered adjective
Definitions
  1. Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.
    The sufficiency of chartered rights. Palfrey.
    The air, a chartered libertine. Shak.
  2. Hired or let by charter, as a ship.

Webster 1913