air right

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noun

a right of way in the air space above a property owner's land and the immovable property on it, subject to the public right of air navigation above the property at a legally prescribed altitude.

such a right sold or leased for use or occupation, especially on a support elevated above an immovable property, as for the erection of an office building over a railroad track.

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Origin of air right

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby air right

air rage, air raid, air-raid shelter, air-raid warden, air rifle, air right, air root, air route, airs, air sac, air scoop

How to use air right in a sentence

“We plan to be on the air right straight through the primary, without surcease,” Lugar says.
GOP’s Richard Lugar Faces Hostile Tea Party in Battle to Keep Senate Seat|Lloyd Grove|March 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It can air right after the three-hour Tina Fey-Jon Hamm variety hour.
Newcomers Invade Emmys|Choire Sicha|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Sobber stood in the center of the room and as he did this the snake suddenly seemed to fly through the air right at him.
The Rover Boys on the Farm|Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
I was soaring through the air right way up, steadily, and no mischance had happened.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells

From all accounts yer can be bold and hard enough when things air right and you've got a poor prisoner to deal with.
How Canada was Won|F. S. Brereton
Bartholomew shut off with an under cut that brought us up stuttering, and nailed her feet with the air right where she stood.
Golden Stories|Various
Maybe he air right in sayin' that I won't be welcome; but I'll do my duty, just th' same!
In Old Kentucky|Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey