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wet lease

wet lease noun: an agreement in which an airplane, including crew, maintenance and insurance, is leased to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.

Noun

wet lease (plural wet leases)

  1. An agreement in which an airplane, including crew, maintenance and insurance, is leased to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.
    Synonyms:
    ACMI lease
  2. Any similar arrangement for other types of equipment.

Synonyms of wet lease

Forms of wet lease

pluralwet leases

Origin of wet lease

From wet + lease. The origin is uncertain, but it is widely believed that the term wet refers to the inclusion of fuel in the lease agreement.

Questions about wet lease

What does wet lease mean?
Wet lease means an agreement in which an airplane, including crew, maintenance and insurance, is leased to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.
What part of speech is wet lease?
Wet lease is a noun.
What is the plural of wet lease?
The plural of wet lease is wet leases.

Words near wet lease in the dictionary

  1. wet jobs
  2. wet lab
  3. wet labbed
  4. wet labbing
  5. wet labs
  6. wet lease
  7. wet leases
  8. wet line
  9. wet lines
  10. wet look
  11. wet lung syndrome

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