chartered

verb

past tense of charter
1
as in rented
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum charter a boat

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2
as in enabled
British to give official or legal power to a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant

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Recent Examples of chartered Fly & Vote, which has been funded by private donations, chartered a flight for Israelis living in Portugal and bought blocks of tickets for flights from the New York area. — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 The court ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress, did not have the legal grounds to bring its lawsuit because the persons in question were not directly harmed by the project. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The Tsais chartered flights for players in 2021, which earned the team a record $500,000 league fine. — James Laforge, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 There are biker clubs, chartered and otherwise, all over the country, and there have been since the late nineteen-sixties. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026 Local 884, which was chartered in 1960, is exclusively devoted to on-set educators, who also serve as minors‘ welfare advocates on set. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 Machado’s team said that the opposition leader, who is now based in Panama, attempted to return to Venezuela by sea, but the company that chartered her boat canceled the trip hours before leaving, alleging its vessel was unfit for navigation. — Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 When Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso pardoned Posada and released him from prison in August 2004, Gonzalez flew him to Honduras, on a plane chartered by Alvarez. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 Reports that Liverpool chartered their own jet are incorrect. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chartered
  1. rented
  2. enabled
  3. hired
  4. authorized
  5. empowered
  6. qualified
  7. licensed
  8. certified
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Hegarty's Hollywood home is currently being rented out.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Nothing says luxury wellness quite like taking a HIIT circuit class in an industrial art studio rented by the hour for a corporate team-building retreat.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of rented
Verb
  • Her refusal to be silent enabled her to transform her personal story into a global movement for justice.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In a new memoir, the legendary reporter names a parade of confidential sources who enabled monumental scoops in The Washington Post and his blockbuster books.
    — Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of enabled
Verb
  • Jennifer Shuford, who had been Texas’s health commissioner, was part of a team hired to restore confidence in the agency.
    — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors said evidence presented in Hubbs’ trial established that Hubbs had been hired by someone else to break into the home and set it on fire.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hired
Verb
  • Someone in contact with Walter, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to comment, advised me to wait and see if a Formula One deal actually materializes and, if so, for what value.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • An Israeli military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media or to discuss sensitive operational matters, also confirmed the withdrawal.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of authorized
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  • Beyond this is a new film by Diop, title [Sans titres], which begins with excerpts from ethnographic films of African women, depicted as the other, and ending with shots that show empowered Black women.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There’s even a looming question of what will happen to AI agents that people have empowered to act on their behalf, as their humans start to die.
    — Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of empowered
Verb
  • The Redhawks have qualified for the state finals four times and the four Hall of Famers were involved in all of them.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The case stems from a dispute in Catoosa County between the local Republican Party and four County Commission candidates who qualified as Republicans.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of qualified
Verb
  • Politicians and advocates have spent the last decade pushing for more regulations, including a California bill signed into law last month that requires merchant cash advance companies to be licensed.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • It would be licensed by the Illinois Department of Human Services.
    — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of licensed
Verb
  • Among brands known to use down, 61 percent—118 brands—reported using exclusively certified down, while another 23 had committed to making that transition.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The album has since been certified five-times platinum by the RIAA.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of certified

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“Chartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chartered. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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