Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gds

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: gds
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of Global Distribution System.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Graph Dynamical System.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of general dental services.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of Government Digital Service.

British usage

noun

Abbreviation of goods.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You see, middlemen are dying. Sabre, the former AA subsidiary that is now an independent global distribution system (GDS) supplying travel agencies and online travel agencies with ticket and pricing information, recently announced it was raising the rates it charges on AA tickets. This move was an escalation of a battle that has been brewing between airlines and GDSs."

Usage

Inflected Forms

GDSs (plural)

Questions

What does gds mean?: Initialism of Global Distribution System.

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