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Origin of airfreight

First recorded in 1925–30; air1 + freight

Other definitions for airfreight (2 of 2)

air freight

noun
a system of transporting freight by aircraft: Ship it by air freight.
freight transported by aircraft.
the charge for such transportation.
Also airfreight.

Origin of air freight

First recorded in 1925–30

OTHER WORDS FROM air freight

air freighter, noun
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How to use airfreight in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for airfreight

air freight

noun
freight transported by aircraft
verb air-freight
(tr) to send (goods) to their destination by aircraft
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