- 1charter something to hire/rent a plane, boat, etc. for your own use a chartered plane They flew to Athens and then chartered a boat to the island. Wordfinderplanecabin crew, charter, flight path, in-flight, land, long-haul, plane, refuel, take-off, travel See related entries: Plane travel, Travelling by boat or ship
- 2charter something to state officially that a new organization, town or university has been established and has special rights Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta ‘paper’from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’.Extra examples Special trains were chartered to take them to the festival. The club chartered a special flight from Manchester to Turin. The guests were flown there in a privately chartered plane. The oil companies use both owned and chartered ships.
charter
verbBrE BrE//ˈtʃɑːtə(r)//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtʃɑːrtər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they charter BrE BrE//ˈtʃɑːtə(r)//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtʃɑːrtər//
he / she / it charters BrE BrE//ˈtʃɑːtəz//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtʃɑːrtərz//
past simple chartered BrE BrE//ˈtʃɑːtəd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtʃɑːrtərd//
past participle chartered BrE BrE//ˈtʃɑːtəd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtʃɑːrtərd//
-ing form chartering BrE BrE//ˈtʃɑːtərɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtʃɑːrtərɪŋ//
Plane travel, Travelling by boat or shipCheck pronunciation: charter
