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first class

adverb
 
 

Definition

If you travel first class in a train, aircraft, etc., you use the best and most expensive type of service: She always travels first class. UK If you send something first class, you use the most expensive and fastest type of post: How much more would it cost to send it first class?
(Definition of first class adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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