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- Dictionarychartered/ˈtʃɑːtəd/
adjective
- 1. (of a city, company, university, or other body) founded or having its rights and privileges established by means of a charter: "the town's celebration of its 800th anniversary as a chartered borough"
- 2. (of an aircraft or ship) having been hired: "eighty journalists were flown in by chartered plane"
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CHARTERED definition: 1. (of people who do particular jobs) having successfully finished the necessary training and…. Learn more.
Chartered definition: (of a professional person) having attained certain professional qualifications or standards and acquired membership of a particular professional body. See examples of CHARTERED used in a sentence.
Chartered is used to indicate that someone, such as an accountant or a surveyor, has formally qualified in their profession.
Definition of chartered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a formal statement of the rights of a country's people, or of an organization or a particular social group, that is agreed by or demanded from a ruler or government: a charter of rights. Education is one of the basic human rights written into the United Nations Charter. The government has produced a Citizen's/Parents'/Patients' Charter.
: a grant or guarantee of rights, franchises, or privileges from the sovereign power of a state or country. The charter allows for unrestricted trading. b. : a written instrument that creates and defines the franchises (see franchise entry 1 sense 1) of a city, educational institution, or corporation. a city charter. a corporate charter. c.
tr.v. char·tered, char·ter·ing, char·ters. 1. To grant a charter to; establish by charter. 2. To hire or lease by charter: charter an oil tanker. 3. To hire (a bus or airplane, for example) for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers.
chartered, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary. chartered adjective. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Meaning & use. Quotations. Contents. Expand. 1. Founded, privileged, or protected by charter. 2. figurative. Privileged; licensed. Expand. 3.
noun. a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
a formal document from the sovereign or state incorporating a city, bank, college, etc, and specifying its purposes and rights. 2. (sometimes capital) a formal document granting or demanding from the sovereign power of a state certain rights or liberties. 3.
