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codeshare

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
code-share
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

verb

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

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

codeshares (plural) codeshares (present, singular) codesharing (participle, present) codeshared (participle, past) codeshared (past)

Questions

What does codeshare mean?
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.
Where does codeshare come from?
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.

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