airfreight

[air-freyt]

noun

air freight.

verb (used with object)

to send or ship by air freight: to airfreight French bread to the U.S.

verb (used without object)

to ship cargo by air freight: During the truckers' strike we had to airfreight.

adjective

of, relating to, or involved in air freight: the airfreight business.

Origin of airfreight

First recorded in 1925–30; air¹ + freight

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