Meaning of airmail in English

(Definition of airmail from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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(Definition of airmail from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of airmail

airmail
Volume 23 in 1996 costs £150 for institutions and £68 for individuals; delivery by airmail is £18 extra.
A special rate of $120.00 is available for airmail delivery.
Delivery by airmail is £18 per year extra.
For airmail of back issues, add 20%.
There has been no change in the conveyance rate paid to airlines for the conveyance of air letters or of any other type of airmail.
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Ninety-seven thousand airmail leaflets dealing with this subject are sent to head post offices every month.
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Furthermore, a little imagination could be used to develop an airmail service on the west coast, in which helicopters would be very helpful.
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These men can get their parcels by airmail; there is no difficulty about that.
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The maximum weight of an airmail packet is 2 kg.
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Therefore, it is important that governors should use their discretion to the full over free telephone calls and airmails.
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An airmail would still spend the same proportion of his service overseas.
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The number of airmail parcels has almost doubled to over two million in the last six years.
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The possibility of an airmail service should not be forgotten.
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In each case the delay was due to letters being sent at the surface instead of the airmail rate.
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For all airmail letters that privilege is already given.
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Translations of airmail

in Chinese (Traditional)
航空郵政, 航空郵遞…
in Chinese (Simplified)
航空邮政, 航空邮递…
in Spanish
correo aéreo, correo aéreo [masculine]…
in Portuguese
correio aéreo, correio aéreo [masculine]…
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in Italian
(手紙や荷物の)航空便, 航空便(こうくうびん)…
hava yolu ile gönderilen mektuplar, parseller, uçak postası…
poste [feminine] aérienne, poste aérienne…
correu aeri…
luchtpost…
letecká pošta…
luftpost…
pos udara…
จดหมายที่ส่งทางเครื่องบิน…
gửi bằng máy bay…
poczta lotnicza…
flygpost…
mel udara…
die Luftpost, Luftpost……
luftpost [masculine], luftpost…
항공 우편…
авіапошта…
posta aerea…
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