airfare

English

Etymology

From air +‎ fare.

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Noun

airfare (countable and uncountable, plural airfares)

  1. The cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip.
    I'd love to visit Paris, but I can't afford the airfare.
    • 2023 May 17, Heather Hennerich, “What Makes a Market an Oligopoly?”, in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis[1], archived from the original on 5 February 2025:
      Airline ticket prices declined as low-cost carriers started expanding their routes in 2016, the essay said. A chart from online database FRED shows the downward trend in airfares before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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