charteredchar·tered /ˈtʃɑːtədˈtʃɑːrtərd/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun]1TRANSPORTTRAVELa chartered ship, aircraft etc is one that someone has paid to useThirty people were killed when a chartered airliner carrying French tourists crashed in Senegal.
2LAW in the US, a chartered organization is one that has a charter allowing it to operatethe decision to close 45 state chartered banks
a federally chartered company