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airmail

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air·mail  (ârml)
tr.v. air·mailed, air·mail·ing, air·mails
To send (a letter, for example) by air.
adj.
Of, relating to, or for use with air mail.
n. air mail also airmail
1. The system of conveying mail by aircraft.
2. Mail conveyed or to be conveyed by aircraft.

airmail
Noun
1. the system of sending mail by aircraft
2. mail sent by aircraft
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.airmailairmail - letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
mail - the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
2.airmailairmail - a system of conveying mail by aircraft
mail service, postal service, mail, post - the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"
Verb1.airmailairmail - send or transport by airmail; "Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed"
mail, send, post - cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
Translations

airmail [ˈɛəmeɪl] n by airmail → por avión
airmail [ˈɛəmeɪl] air n by airmail → par avion


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UPS won a three-year contract from the US Postal Service to provide domestic air transport of mail to and from 98 cities, greatly expanding an arrangement under which it furnishes airmail services for 16 cities.
airmail stamps from 1918 with a biplane mistakenly printed upside down was auctioned in October for $2,970,000--a world record for a stamp item.
49 [pounds sterling] including airmail postage (approx.
 
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