airfreight

noun, verb — 3 senses

airfreight

noun

Etymology From air + freight.

1

The transportation of freight by air.

2

The amount charged for such transport.

airfreight

verb

Etymology From air + freight.

1

To transport by air.

  • And I've told you a hundred times, Mac, draft beer is too expensive to airfreight in.1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 65:
  • Caught the day before far off the coast of West Africa, they have been airfreighted to London for dinner.2008 January 15, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Europe’s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade”, in New York Times:

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