▪ I. ˈApex, n.2 (a.)
Also APEX.
[Acronym, f. the initial letters of Advance Purchase Excursion.]
A system whereby airline tickets for scheduled flights may be bought at a reduced rate on certain conditions (usually including payment in advance and a specified interval between outward and return flights); a fare offered on these conditions. Freq. attrib. or as adj.
| [1970 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 15 June 24/3 Pan American would also add a new excursion fare, tentatively referred to as an ‘advance purchase fare’..at a lower rate than the standard excursion tariff.] 1971 Time 23 Aug. 53/3 The West Germans argued that..APEX [advance-purchase excursion plan] would only add confusion to..fares. 1974 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 28 Oct. 24/2 The Apex fare, if it is allowed to become effective Nov. 1, will be the lowest of all scheduled fares. 1976 Holiday Which? May 60 APEX, Advance Purchase Excursion Fare. Available on various routes, using scheduled flights. Book and pay at least two months in advance. Ibid., Johannesburg..{pstlg}356 (Apex). 1980 Times 16 Feb. 11/8 Travel notes... Low season Super-Apex {pstlg}282. 1985 Washington Post 18 Aug. e8/1 They fly nonstop from New York to Nice for an APEX fare of about {pstlg}900 round-trip. |
▪ II. ˈApex, n.3
Also APEX.
[Acronym, f. the initial letters of Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, with substitution of X for CCS (ks).]
A British trade union representing clerical and other non-manual workers.
| 1972 Times 28 Apr. 21/1 Mr Roy Grantham, general-secretary of the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (Apex). 1972 Times 3 July 20/5 APEX is engaged in an active recruitment battle with Mr Clive Jenkins's Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs. 1981 Economist 24 Jan. 69/1 The GMWU has also been having discussions with the electricians' union, the clerical union (Apex) and the shopworkers' union about a grand federation. |