gds

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A form of global distribution system — a multi-access reservation system used by the travel industry and airlines. Abbreviated as GDS.

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Meanings

gds1

noungds (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of goods.

GDS2

nounGDS (countable and uncountable, plural GDSs)

plural GDSs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of Global Distribution System.
    1 more example

    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.

    2012, Kaihan Krippendorff, “Today's Business Revolution”, in Outthink the Competition: How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 21
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of Graph Dynamical System.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of general dental services.
proper noun
  1. UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Government Digital Service.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Chicago

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