What does "pax" mean in the context of the apartment rental?
...It looks like PAX for passengers goes back at least to the 1940s in the airline industry. I found this clip from Air Facts: The Magazine for Pilots, 1946 (check): Here's the full text of the reference: We have cargo and mail aboard. Mostly these days we run cargo east and passengers west. Cargo is known as "cargo", but passengers are called "pax" by the traffic department, who puts them on and ......
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Why is "x" used as an abbreviation for nouns, like "Tx" for "transmit"?
...Transmit ? Tx Receive ? Rx Passengers ? Pax Tickets ? Tix There are likely others in existence I'm not aware of. Most abbreviated nouns ending in "x" seem to be used only as technical jargon (in this case, Fax, Fax, Transportation, Entertainment, respectively). What is the history of using "x" at the end of a word to severely shorten it?...
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meaning - The difference between 'transfer' and 'transit' in the ...
...There appears to be a fine shade of meaning between the words 'transfer' and 'transit' in the domain of airports and train stations, possibly sea ports as well. Consider this typical usage fragmen......
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abbreviations - What is the most common abbr. for ?passengers? in ...
...1 While pax is certainly used within the industry to refer to passengers, and would probably be understood in the context of a machine display (because the buyer asked for tickets for 2 passengers and the display shows "Pax: 2"), it's jargon....
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single word requests - What is the correct term for unboarding ...
...I am looking for a correct term meaning that the given plane is in a state of unloading/ "unboarding" arrived passengers, just before it will board departing passengers. I can't find this on air......
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Usage of the word "nemesis" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
...Actually Nemesis was the Greek goddess. The Roman version was called Pax-Nemesis or Invidia....
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Why has the "plague" on our houses become a "pox?"
...The short answer may be that, in the heat of the moment, a pox is as good as a plague. At any rate, ill-wishers have urged both "a plague on" and "a pox on" the objects of their ire for centuries past. Given the near interchangeability of the curse, even though it may not do to say that one man's pox is another man's plague, the opportunity to misremember Mercutio's line (as recorded in most ......
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Should it be "there is a total of 378 vehicles" or "there are a total ...
...In my idiolect it should be "is," because "of 378 vehicles" modifies "total," which is the complement of the verb. But many people seem to see "a total of" as a modifier of "378 vehicles," so they see "378 vehicles" as the complement of the verb and say "are." Consult your favorite style guide; it ought to weigh in one way or another on this question....
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grammar - Is it "en route to" or just "en route"? - English Language ...
...I have often come across various posts that people make on any social media platform as, for example: En route to the Taj Mahal. or En route Paris. Although what I have been taught that it alwa......
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What does "run of house" mean with regard to hotel room type
...I have seen a room type at a hotel like below; Family Room 2 Bedrooms & Living Room Run of The House Everything is OK except the Run of The House thing. What does it exactly mean here? AFAIK,......
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