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Air, Airline, Airmail, Airport, Airtight and Airworthiness
• To send a letter or a shipment by air Air Carrier = company which send cargo or passengers by air Air Forwarding = arranging for goods to be shipped by air Air Letter = special sheet of thin blue paper which when folded can be sent by air mail without an envelope Air : verb : to air a grievance = to talk about or to discuss a grievance • The management committee is useful because it allows the workers' representatives to air their grievances. Air Cargo : noun : goods sent by air Aircraft : noun : machine which flies in the air carrying passengers or cargo • The airline has a fleet of ten commercial aircraft. NOTE : no plural (one aircraft, two aircraft) Air Freight : noun : method of shipping goods in an aircraft • To send a shipment by air freight Air Freight : verb : to send goods by air • To airfreight a consignment to Mexico Airline : noun : company which carries passengers or cargo by air Airmail : noun : way of sending letters or parcels by air • To send a package by airmail NOTE : no plural Airmail : verb : to end letters or parcels by air • To airmail a document to New York Airport : noun : place where planes land and take off • We leave from London Airport at 10.00. Airport Bus = bus which takes passenger to and from an airport Airport Tax = tax added to the price of the air ticket to cover the cost of running an airport Airport Terminal = main building at an airport where passengers arrive and depart Air Terminal : noun : building in a town where passengers meet to be taken by bus to an airport outside the town Airtight : adjective : any object which does not allow air to get in • The goods are packed in airtight containers. Airworthiness : noun : being able and safe to fly Certificate of Airworthiness = certificate to show that an aircraft is safe to fly NOTE : no plural Business Dictionary Index |
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