airfare — the price charged for a passenger to travel by aircraft
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: the price charged for a passenger to travel by aircraft
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈerfɛr/
Example Sentences
- My grandmother still can't believe that airfare costs more than her first car did!
- Students often spend hours comparing airfare prices to save enough money for ramen noodles.
- The company will reimburse employees for airfare when traveling on business.
airfare
NOUN[/ˈerfɛr/]
the price charged for a passenger to travel by aircraft
She gasped at the sudden airfare jump just before booking her flight to Paris.
High airfare hurts welfare - this system's unfair!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Airfare is a 20th-century compound word created with the advent of commercial aviation. It combines 'air' (the sky or atmosphere) and 'fare' (a charge or cost for travel), modeled on earlier terms like 'carriage fare' to denote the price of air travel.
Breakdown
air (the sky or medium of flight) + fare (a charge or fee for passage), directly paralleling the structure of earlier transportation cost terms like railway fare or carriage fare.
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📝Examples
“My grandmother still can't believe that airfare costs more than her first car did!”
“Students often spend hours comparing airfare prices to save enough money for ramen noodles.”
“The company will reimburse employees for airfare when traveling on business.”
“Last-minute airfare bookings can cost three times the regular price.”
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