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airfreight — air‧freight [ˈeəfreɪt ǁ ˈer ] noun [uncountable] TRANSPORT goods that are carried by plane, or the system of carrying goods by plane: • The cost of airfreight has risen sharply. * * * Ⅰ. airfreight UK US (also air freight) /ˈeəfreɪt/ noun [U]… … Financial and business terms
airfreight — [er′frāt΄] n. 1. a method or service for transporting cargo by air 2. the cost for such transportation 3. the cargo transported vt. to transport as or send by airfreight … English World dictionary
airfreight — /air frayt /, n. 1. See air freight. v.t. 2. to send or ship by air freight: to airfreight French bread to the U.S. v.i. 3. to ship cargo by air freight: During the truckers strike we had to airfreight. adj. 4. of, pertaining to, or involved in… … Universalium
airfreight — noun Date: 1929 freight transport by air in volume; also the charge for this service • airfreight transitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
airfreight — / eəfreɪt/ verb to send goods by air ● to airfreight a consignment to Mexico ● We airfreighted the shipment because our agent ran out of stock … Marketing dictionary in english
airfreight — noun a) the transportation of freight by air b) the amount charged for such transport … Wiktionary
airfreight — Synonyms and related words: air express, air transport, air travel, air express, airlift, airmail, asportation, bearing, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, consign, conveyance, dispatch, drayage, drop a letter, embark, expedite, export, express … Moby Thesaurus
airfreight — n. transporting of freight via aircraft; cargo transported by aircraft … English contemporary dictionary
airfreight — noun the carriage of goods by aircraft. ↘goods carried by aircraft. verb carry or send by aircraft … English new terms dictionary
airfreight — air•freight [[t]ˈɛərˌfreɪt[/t]] n. 1) cvb a system of transporting freight by aircraft 2) the charge for such transportation 3) cvb to send or ship by air freight 4) cvb to ship cargo by air freight Also, air′ freight (for defs. 2,3). Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
