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codeshare

codeshare noun: an agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.

Noun

codeshare (plural codeshares)

  1. An agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.

Verb

codeshare (third-person singular simple present codeshares, present participle codesharing, simple past and past participle codeshared)

  1. (ambitransitive) To buy space on (a flight) in this way.

Forms of codeshare

Noun
pluralcodeshares
Verb
third-person singular presentcodeshares
present participlecodesharing
past participlecodeshared
pastcodeshared

Origin of codeshare

From code + share, because of the change in the flight's two-letter airline identity code. One aircraft will have two or more codes and flight numbers.

Questions about codeshare

What does codeshare mean?
Codeshare means an agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
What part of speech is codeshare?
Codeshare can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of codeshare?
The plural of codeshare is codeshares.

Words near codeshare in the dictionary

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  2. codes of silence
  3. codes up
  4. codeset
  5. codesets
  6. codeshare
  7. codeshared
  8. codeshares
  9. codesharing
  10. codesheet
  11. codesheets

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