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 chartered
 (a.)受特許的

 Char·ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chartered p. pr. & vb. n. Chartering.]
 1. To establish by charter.
 2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.
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 Char·tered a.
 1. Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.
    The sufficiency of chartered rights.   --Palfrey.
    The air, a chartered libertine.   --Shak.
 2. Hired or let by charter, as a ship.
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 chartered
      adj : hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of
            travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses
            arrived on time" [syn: hired, leased] [ant: unchartered]