Definitions for Transportation

Definitions for (noun) Transportation

Main entry: transportation, deportation, exile, expatriation

Definition: the act of expelling a person from their native land

Usage: men in exile dream of hope; his deportation to a penal colony; the expatriation of wealthy farmers; the sentence was one of transportation for life


Main entry: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

Definition: the act of moving something from one location to another


Main entry: shipping, transport, transportation

Definition: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials


Main entry: transit, transportation, transportation system

Definition: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods


Main entry: Department of Transportation, DoT, Transportation

Definition: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966


Main entry: fare, transportation

Definition: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance


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