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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 Rams players, however, are arriving in Melbourne just one day before the game, while their opponents chartered a plane last week and have already been acclimating to the 17-hour time zone difference. — Jessica Golden, CNBC, 9 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 The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress to guard public buildings, challenged the construction of the project. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Our hunting and conservation editor and his buddies chartered a helicopter to fly into an area of public land that was surrounded by private ranches. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026 The twin-engine Cessna was operated by Security Aviation and had been chartered to fly from Anchorage to Cape Newenham, located about 40 miles south of Goodnews Bay, according to KTUU. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The agency had chartered the plane, which crashed Thursday near its destination, the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage. — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The 180-foot Elena of London can be chartered during this year’s Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, giving you the chance to compete in one of the Mediterranean’s largest and most prestigious regattas. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chartered
  1. rented
  2. enabled
  3. hired
  4. authorized
  5. empowered
  6. qualified
  7. licensed
  8. certified
Verb
  • Why Proxy Networks Are Different While proxy structure is also rented from third-party providers and serves as core infrastructure for data tasks, the resemblance is superficial at scale.
    — Mindaugas Čaplinskas, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The second floor was rented to a series of young men, including a DJ, who used the 2,250-square-foot loft to his advantage.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of rented
Verb
  • This also enabled Laporta to improve his previously tense relationship with UEFA and its president, Aleksander Ceferin.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Teams should trace root causes, fix the control failures that enabled the path, and retest to prove the attacker’s route is actually gone.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of enabled
Verb
  • La Strada had served for 14 years as the Pettis County clerk, overseeing local elections, when Hoskins hired him as the state's election integrity director in January 2025.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • While in College Station, Fisher compiled a 45-25 record, which is fine, but definitely not what he was hired to do.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of hired
Verb
  • Both agreements were authorized by law, the spokesperson said, ading that the latter has already netted more than $465 million.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • When Henderson's family appealed, the county review board authorized an independent medical reviewer to look at the case.
    — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of authorized
Verb
  • Because the contract was less than $500,000, the administration’s procurement division was empowered to enter the contract without permission from county commissioners.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • After all, even if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028, the companies empowered by federal money and the ideologues who have taken over institutions will continue to influence Congress and voters.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of empowered
Verb
  • Heppner, 92, had reached out to project organizers in February to see whether his family qualified.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in last season's NL Championship Series, Milwaukee has qualified for the postseason for the eighth time in nine years.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of qualified
Verb
  • The vaccine is licensed for use against Ebola virus disease caused by the Zaire strain -- a different, more common type of Ebola virus.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Details of how to run the syndicate were left to its members — insurers licensed to operate in California who would share in the plan’s profits and losses.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of licensed
Verb
  • The teachers need to be certified in elementary education, fluent in Spanish and certified to teach students who speak other languages, Jackson said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that Hoskins’ office intervened after local election authorities in Saline County on April 13, 2026, certified the results of a local election.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of certified

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“Chartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chartered. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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