Past tense of charter
regular verb
The past tense of charter is chartered. The past participle is also chartered.
Forms of charter
| Base form (V1) | charter /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chartered |
| Past participle (V3) | chartered |
| Present participle | chartering |
| Third person singular | charters |
Chartered in a sentence
- They went all out for his eightieth birthday party and chartered a tour boat on the bay.From the entry go all out
- We must arrange to deconvert chartered vessels if the owner so desires.1941, United States Congress: House: Appropriations, Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1941: Hearings ... 77th…. From the entry deconvert
- He may want them put back in the same condition as when chartered.1941, United States Congress: House: Appropriations, Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1941: Hearings ... 77th…. From the entry deconvert
- Immediately following the conclusion of the sacrificial(6) ceremony, the delegation from Kinmen boarded a chartered boat to Putien.2009 September 7, 金門縣政府, “Kinmen's Matsu Pilgrimage Mission Takes Direct Course to Maizhou for Religious Interchange…. From the entry Putien
- We have chartered a large plane, I’m not quite sure what it is but it seats about 16 and is a turbo-jet.1968 December 21, Richard Burton, journal; quoted in Melvyn Bragg, “1968”, in Richard Burton: A Life, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and…. From the entry xmas
Meaning of charter
- noun A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- noun A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- noun A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
Questions about the past tense of charter
- What is the past tense of charter?
- The past tense of charter is chartered.
- What is the past participle of charter?
- The past participle of charter is chartered.
- Is charter a regular or irregular verb?
- Charter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: charter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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