airfare en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From air + fare.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip.
I'd love to visit Paris, but I can't afford the airfare.
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.
2023 May 17, Heather Hennerich, “What Makes a Market an Oligopoly?”, in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| airfares | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
ko 항공료 (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · es pasaje aéreo (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · it costo del biglietto (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · tr uçak bileti ücreti (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · it prezzo del biglietto (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · hu repülőjegyár (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · gu હવાઈભાડું (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · sv flygavgift (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · fi lentolipun hinta (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · ru сто́имость авиабиле́та (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · hu repjegyár (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip) · de Flugpreis (cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip)