sec|ond-class

sec|ond-class
1. the class of passenger or living accomodations next after first class in quality and cost.
2. the class of mail that includes newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals sent regularly from the office of publication and not sealed against inspection.
sec|ond-class «SEHK uhnd KLAS, -KLAHS», adjective, adverb.
–adj.
1. of or belonging to the class next after the first: »

second-class mail.

2. of or having to do with second class: »

a second-class car, a second-class ticket.

3. of inferior grade or quality; second-rate: »

to be treated as a second-class citizen, a noisy second-class hotel.

–adv.
on or in second-class passenger or living accommodations: »

We could afford only to travel second-class.


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