- the class of travel accommodations, as on a train, that are less costly and luxurious than first class but are more costly and luxurious than third class.
- (in the U.S. Postal Service) the class of mail consisting of newspapers and periodicals not sealed against postal inspection.
- the second of three honors degrees conferred by a British university.
- of a secondary class or quality.
- second-rate; inferior.
- by second-class mail or passenger accommodations: to travel second-class.
- the class or grade next in value, quality, etc, to the first
- of the class or grade next to the best in quality, etc
- shoddy or inferior
- of or denoting the class of accommodation in a hotel or on a train, etc, lower in quality and price than first class
- (in Britain) of or relating to mail that is processed more slowly than first-class mail
- (in the US and Canada) of or relating to mail that consists mainly of newspapers, etc
- education See second 1 (def. 10)
- by second-class mail, transport, etc
