airfreight

Etymology

air + freight

noun

  1. The transportation of freight by air.
  2. The amount charged for such transport.

verb

  1. (transitive) 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, page 65
    Caught the day before far off the coast of West Africa, they have been airfreighted to London for dinner. January 15, 2008, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Europe’s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade”, in New York Times

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