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1. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travellers
   "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time"
   - hired, leased

1. Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
   - rent, hire, lease
    
2. Grant a charter to
    
3. Engage for service under a term of contract
   "Let's charter a car"
   - lease, rent, hire, engage, take

Type of: acquire, certify, contract, get, licence [Brit, Cdn], license, undertake

Antonym: unchartered

Encyclopedia: Charter