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CHARTERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chartered mean?
• CHARTERED (adjective)
The adjective CHARTERED has 1 sense:
1. hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
Familiarity information: CHARTERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
Synonyms:
Context example:
the chartered buses arrived on time
Antonym:
unchartered (not chartered)
Context examples
An officially chartered institution empowered to receive deposits, make loans, and provide checking and savings account services, all at a profit.
(Bank, NCI Thesaurus)
Lord John Roxton has chartered a large steam launch, the Esmeralda, which was to carry us up the river.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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