chartered

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of charter. Use it for hiring a boat or plane, or for granting a charter.

   They chartered a boat to explore the bay.

   The state chartered a new school in our town last year.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Officially trained and approved to do a particular job, and a member of its main professional group.

   Like a doctor who has passed every test and been added to the official list of approved doctors.

   She qualified as a chartered accountant after years of study.

   The firm hired several chartered engineers for the project.

   Similarqualified, certified, accredited, licensed

   Oppositeunqualified

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3. 3
   adjective

   Set up or given special rights by an official written document called a charter.

   Like a club that has an official paper saying it is allowed to exist and what it can do.

   The chartered borough held the right to its own court.

   Several chartered trading companies competed for the same routes.

   Similarincorporated, licensed

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