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wet-leasing

wet-leasing noun: the leasing of an airplane including crew, maintenance and insurance to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.

Noun

wet-leasing (uncountable)

  1. The leasing of an airplane including crew, maintenance and insurance to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.
    • The airline started wet-leasing its planes to carriers in Europe.

Origin of wet-leasing

From wet + leasing.

Questions about wet-leasing

What does wet-leasing mean?
Wet-leasing means the leasing of an airplane including crew, maintenance and insurance to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.
What part of speech is wet-leasing?
Wet-leasing is a noun.

Words near wet-leasing in the dictionary

  1. wet-bulb
  2. wet-bulb temperature
  3. wet-bulb temperatures
  4. wet-lab
  5. wet-labs
  6. wet-leasing
  7. wet-look
  8. wet-mop
  9. wet-mopped
  10. wet-mopping
  11. wet-mops

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