Not otherwise specified (NOS)

This expression and abbreviation is often applied to air freight tariffs, indicates that the rate stated in the tariff applies to all commodities within the commodity group except those appearing under their own rate. This abbreviation, as used in air freight tariffs, is comparable to the abbreviation NOIBN (not otherwise indexed by number) and NOS (not otherwise specified) which appear in tariffs published by the surface modes. Similar to NESOI (not elsewhere specified or indicated).

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