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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.
: 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.
Chartered is used to indicate that someone, such as an accountant or a surveyor, has formally qualified in their profession.
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.
The earliest known use of the adjective chartered is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for chartered is from around 1425, in the writing of Andrew of Wyntoun, prior of St Serf's, Lochleven, and historian.
Definition of chartered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. 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.
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 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.
