passengerpas‧sen‧ger /ˈpæsɪndʒə, -sən- $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] 
Neither the driver nor the passengers were hurt.passenger train/plane/ship a crash involving a passenger trainbus/rail/airline passengers Rail passengers now face even longer delays.► see thesaurus at travel2British English someone in a group who does not do their share of the group’s work: The company can’t afford to carry any passengers.COLLOCATIONSverbscarry passengers· The aeroplane was carrying over 500 passengers.passengers travel somewhere· More than 7.6m rail passengers travelled on the Eurostar rail service last year.passengers get on/off a bus/plane etc· The bus stopped and half the passengers got off.passengers board a plane/train formal (=get on it)· The first three cars were reserved for passengers boarding in Queens.passengers are stranded (=are unable to continue their journey)· At least 1,000 passengers were stranded at the airport because of the storm.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + passengerrail passengers· Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.airline passengers· All airline passengers arriving at Heathrow must go through customs.bus passengers· Bus passengers are facing higher fares.foot passengers (=passengers on a boat, who are not in a car or other vehicle)· A queue of foot passengers was waiting to get on the ferry.passenger + NOUNa passenger train (=rather than a goods train)· The driver of the passenger train was unable to stop in time.a passenger plane/jet· It was recently converted from a passenger plane to cargo use.a passenger ship· It is the biggest passenger ship afloat.
WORD ORIGINpassenger
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French passager, from passage; ➔ PASSAGEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- About 70 of the train's 500 passengers were injured in the crash.
- The airport was jammed with thousands of passengers from delayed or cancelled flights.
- The driver and all three passengers were killed in the crash.
- It was like a shipwreck, where the resourceful child passenger becomes the first mate.
- Police Superintendent Tony Thompson said 144 passengers had booked tickets, but there could have been more or fewer aboard.
- Several justices voiced doubt about the wisdom of giving police automatic authority to tell all passengers to get out of a car.
- Some allowance must be made for the large number of passengers without tickets in 1922.
- The following table shows how many litres of petrol per 100 passenger kilometres different modes of transport consume.
- The local Station served the surrounding community and carried a fair amount of passenger and freight traffic.
THESAURUSpeople who travel
British English, traveler American English someone who is travelling a long distance: · Weary travellers waited at the airport.· My aunt was a great traveller (=she travelled a lot).
someone who is travelling somewhere for a holiday: · During the summer, over a million tourists visit the island each year.
someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, ship etc but not driving it or working on it: · The driver and two passengers were killed in the crash.
someone who travels to work every day: · commuters on the train to London
someone who travels to a lot of different places, carrying their clothes etc in a rucksack: · The hostels are great for backpackers.
someone who travels to places that people have not visited before: · Potatoes were brought to England by explorers such as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is travelling British /traveler American · Many travellers find that facilities for young children are often inadequate.· Travelers going to malarial regions should see their doctor before they start.air/rail/sea etc traveller · 80,000 air travellers pass through the terminal every day.business travellers (=people travelling as part of their job) · These days most airlines concentrate their advertising on business travelers.seasoned traveller (=someone who has travelled a lot) · As a seasoned traveller I know the value of being able to speak at least a few words of the local language.
someone who is travelling in a vehicle, boat, or plane, but is not the driver: · The driver and all three passengers were killed in the crash.· The airport was jammed with thousands of passengers from delayed or cancelled flights.
someone who lives in a different town, city etc from the one where they work, and who therefore travels a long distance every day to get to work: · It was a small shop that catered to commuters and local workers.commuter train/plane etc: · Each region has one organization controlling buses and operating its commuter trains.
someone who travels around and visits places for pleasure, while they are on holiday: · A park ranger was answering the tourists' questions as they looked out over the canyon.· A tourist visa is required for most nationalities.
British /traveling American moving from place to place in order to work, perform etc: · His father was a travelling salesman and was very rarely at home.· The traveling show includes historical films as well as 300 genuine artifacts that kids can handle.
British /well-traveled American someone who is well-travelled has visited a lot of different places around the world: · Sanders' parents were well-traveled, well-educated people.
informal a rich and fashionable person who travels a lot: · Duke, heir to a tobacco fortune and an international jet-setter, died at the age of 80.
someone who travels independently to a lot of different areas, carrying their clothes etc in a special bag on their back: · The bar was full of young Australian backpackers.· She runs a downtown hostel for backpackers - the cost only $5 a night.· Fears are growing for the safety of a British backpacker who went missing in Vietnam last week.
WORD SETSaccelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs a staircase leading to the passenger deck
· The aeroplane was carrying over 500 passengers.
· More than 7.6m rail passengers travelled on the Eurostar rail service last year.
· The bus stopped and half the passengers got off.
formal (=get on it)· The first three cars were reserved for passengers boarding in Queens.
(=are unable to continue their journey)· At least 1,000 passengers were stranded at the airport because of the storm.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + passenger· Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.
· All airline passengers arriving at Heathrow must go through customs.
· Bus passengers are facing higher fares.
(=passengers on a boat, who are not in a car or other vehicle)· A queue of foot passengers was waiting to get on the ferry.
passenger + NOUN (=rather than a goods train)· The driver of the passenger train was unable to stop in time.
· It was recently converted from a passenger plane to cargo use.
· It is the biggest passenger ship afloat.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The company had thirty-five new passenger coaches.
a staircase leading to the passenger deck (=for the person in a car who sits beside the driver)· The taxi driver was holding open the passenger door.
· A plane carrying 10 civilians was shot down.
· Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.
· The cop in the passenger seat spun around to stare at him.
· a passenger train bound for Geneva
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· In the front passenger seat, the Campbell.· Storage space for front passengers is skimpy, limited to door pockets and a small center console.· Both back and front seat passengers were wearing seat belts.· Her friend Maya McGhee, also 16, was in the front passenger seat.· Anne sat in the front in the passenger seat while Adam was in the back with Abigail.· Stopped at traffic lights, he glanced down at the envelope lying in the shadows on the front passenger seat.· As a result his friend Shean Kearney, 23, who was sitting in the front passenger seat was fatally injured.· The front passenger could do with sturdy grab rail on the dash.
· There were two other passengers in the boat.· None of the other passengers moved or spoke.· He checked to be sure he was out of sight of the other passengers in the lounge.· It was crowded and the other passengers had also watched the broadcast.· There were no other passengers on the jumbo.· Tempers flared as the supporters scuffled with other passengers.
NOUN· He looked like an airline passenger who has just been told that all four engines on his 747 have just failed.· The government is losing millions because an airline passenger tax can not be collected.· The B.A.A. prohibited the drivers from entering the airport except as bonafide airline passengers.· We sat in our seats like airline passengers watching the in-flight movie without headsets.· Apgood pinched his nose like an airline passenger trying to clear his eardrums, and looked Maxim over carefully.
· Analysis of accidents involving bus passengers in future years will be undertaken.· In the past year the first phase of the analysis of bus passenger casualties highlighted in the 1991 Plan has been undertaken.· Without scaremongering, we fear very much for the needs of bus passengers.· I hope that Hon. Members will confine themselves to talking about bus passengers.· Reductions in bus passenger and car rear seat passenger casualties have contributed in large degree to this decrease.· The changes would have a detrimental effect on bus passengers.· The evidence is that when free concessionary travel was withdrawn fewer trips were made and there were fewer elderly bus passenger casualties.
· All passenger cars must withstand the standard 363 tonne buffing load without deforming.· Taxes on commercial vehicles are also lower than on passenger cars, he said.· Today, it would be lucky if its top-selling passenger car managed 300,000 units.· Background: Arizona law limited train lengths to fourteen passenger cars or seventy freight cars in the asserted interests of safety.· An increase in passenger car exports was offset by a 20 percent fall in commercial vehicle exports.· It has become the world's most popular passenger car diesel since it was introduced just over 10 years ago.· Lighttruck sales powered the increase, rising 7. 7 %, while sales of passenger cars dropped 1. 4 %.
· He had the passenger door open before she could free herself from the seatbelt.· Davis entered the passenger door and held a shotgun to her neck.· Corporal Pocock opened the passenger door, leaned across and shot Fleischmann through the head.· He got in, put his hands on the wheel, motioned her over to the passenger door.· He stroked the Gullwing as he passed it and then unlocked the Ferrari's passenger door to let Billie in.· Immediately he was off in a slow lope without having closed the passenger door.· He smiled, holding the passenger door open for her.· As Carla drew closer, the driver leaned over and rolled down the passenger door window.
· Where the foot passenger steps on to the limits before the vehicle reaches them, the driver must accord precedence.· There was considerable shipping traffic; many wheeled vehicles mingled with the throng of foot passengers.
· For the year, revenue passenger miles increased 8. 8 % to 13. 3 billion.· For the year, traffic rose 24 % to 1. 26 billion revenue passenger miles from 1. 02 billion.· For the year, traffic fell 3. 8 % to 40 billion revenue passenger miles from 41. 6 billion.
· The launch will bring a rare toast from millions of rail passengers hit by winter delays caused by leaves on the line.· Va., has announced that he intends to make an effort today to assure continued rail passenger service for West Virginia.· Jan 16, 2001 Who should pay the penalty for the miseries suffered by rail passengers this winter?· Elsewhere rail passengers either found other means of transport, or stayed at home.
· For the year, revenue passenger miles increased 8. 8 % to 13. 3 billion.· For the year, traffic rose 24 % to 1. 26 billion revenue passenger miles from 1. 02 billion.· A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile.· For the year, traffic fell 3. 8 % to 40 billion revenue passenger miles from 41. 6 billion.
· Both back and front seat passengers were wearing seat belts.· Reductions in bus passenger and car rear seat passenger casualties have contributed in large degree to this decrease.· The introduction of compulsory seat belt wearing for rear seat passengers may also have contributed to this reduction.· This coincided with the introduction of new seat belt legislation regarding rear seat passengers.· Two are in the front and no bulkhead intrudes into the Squirrel cabin so the rear seat passengers have excellent all-round vision.· The traditional 100-inch wheelbase has been extended to 108 inches, the extra length being donated to the rear seat passengers.· But the back seat passenger was Michael Johnson, an armed robber with a history of prison escapes.· But I was disappointed to find space for back seat passengers as cramped as in the 5.
· Developed for carrying coal and agricultural produce a passenger service was rapidly initiated using wagons, open carriages and converted stage coaches.· Va., has announced that he intends to make an effort today to assure continued rail passenger service for West Virginia.· It was suggested that 400 passenger services be withdrawn or modified and 2,000 stations and 5,000 route miles closed to passenger traffic.· And passenger service growth has stalled.· The revenue impact for social railway investment is met by increases in the passenger service obligation grant.· Delivery of the jets is scheduled to begin in July, with passenger service to begin in September.· New working practices would be introduced once passenger services were privatised which would be more flexible.· The visiting locomotives will progressively arrive during the Steam Festival and after a test run will be used on weekend passenger services.
· There's no more relaxing way of travelling, and passenger ships leave the Burkliplatz daily from April to October.· Even the Sun Princess' status as the newest passenger ship lasted less than a month.· A big one - a passenger ship!· The ship has one of the most loyal followings in passenger ship history.· At 14 stories high and three football fields in length, it is the biggest passenger ship afloat.
· He tossed them on to the back seat and went to the passenger side of the car.· The attorney showed the rapt jury a blown-up photograph of the van, whose passenger side had been ripped open.· He approached the front door on the passenger side.· Officers found him curled in a ball on the passenger side.· I hesitated for a moment and then approached the car on the passenger side.· Maura says as she unlocks the door on the passenger side for me.· He crossed to the passenger side of the car, opened that door too.· Just then, a car pulled up, and an old woman began struggling to get out of the passenger side.
· It was suggested that 400 passenger services be withdrawn or modified and 2,000 stations and 5,000 route miles closed to passenger traffic.· In Arizona, approximately 93 % of the freight traffic and 95 % of the passenger traffic is interstate.· There, passenger traffic was light, and was generally regarded as a nuisance.· Bishop's Castle Railway opened for passenger traffic.· By 1919 much of the passenger traffic had moved to rail and road and only cargo steamers were then employed.· The station opened in 1933, designed for continuing growth in passenger traffic.· And the abiding memory of the eighties must be of the greatest achievement, the enormous increase in passenger traffic.· Swindon and Peterborough probably have more commuters going to them than their total everyday passenger traffic in the steam age.
· The engine on the passenger train is the same one that was involved in the Hatfield train disaster.· Amtrak also runs its passenger trains on this stretch.· He went to assist at a passenger train derailment last year and got trapped in the wreckage.· The engine of the passenger train and six wagons in the coal train were considerably damaged.· No passenger train ever stops here.· He took them down to the station and sent them off to London by passenger train.· Since nearly all passenger trains included Pullmans, a nationwide strike resulted.
· Another is the fares paid on passenger transport.· This research project examines the contrast between policies of integration and competition in the passenger transport industry.· The subsidies mentioned in the table are mainly directed to housing, passenger transport and other economic affairs and services.· Edinburgh's transport Railway histories are innumerable and road passenger transport histories are by no means rare.· Mr Hunter's book is unusual in that this is the first volume of the history of a passenger transport network.
VERB· Private hire cars also carry roof signs showing their telephone numbers, but are only allowed to carry passengers in response to telephone requests.· Workers in many stations allowed passengers through the turnstiles without the usual 15-cent tickets.· A sand bar was dredged, allowing the passenger and excursion steamers to make better use of the port.· Likewise, airlines issue those lists to security personnel at airports which allow only ticketed passengers beyond the security checkpoint.
· Within five years they were carrying over seven million passengers a year.· Altogether the new £28 million rail link is expected to carry over 1.5 million passengers a year.· The Le Shuttle trains carried 163, 305 passenger vehicles, including 6, 306 buses, during the month.· It did not originally carry passengers, since entry was gained by a ladder!· The Sun Princess carries 1, 950 passengers, far fewer than ships far smaller.· Fork truck carrying unauthorised passenger. 26.
· Pan Am did not kill its own passengers.· The Pentagon prepares to blow the plane out of the sky even though it means killing the 400 passengers.· If not, they will kill a passenger.· In San Francisco, two limos carrying congressmen also explode, killing all the passengers.
· Corporal Pocock opened the passenger door, leaned across and shot Fleischmann through the head.· For the first few stops, only the front three cars were opened for passengers.· On 1 May 1956 this branch finally closed, having been opened to passenger and freight traffic in 1863.· As he always did, Graham opened the passenger door for his wife and closed it once she was in.· John came round the car to open the rear passenger door, but McCready beat him to it.· The gunman managed to unbuckle his safety belt and struggled to push open the passenger door.· As Robert leaned over to open the passenger door, she handed him the plaster but made no attempt to get in.
· Three compartments next to the guard's van were kept for the use of fare paying passengers.· The load factor is the percentage of seats filled by paying passengers.· A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, boat etc, but is not driving it or working on it: - There was considerable shipping traffic; many wheeled vehicles mingled with the throng of foot passengers.
- Where the foot passenger steps on to the limits before the vehicle reaches them, the driver must accord precedence.
Neither the driver nor the passengers were hurt.passenger train/plane/ship a crash involving a passenger trainbus/rail/airline passengers Rail passengers now face even longer delays.► see thesaurus at travel2British English someone in a group who does not do their share of the group’s work: The company can’t afford to carry any passengers.COLLOCATIONSverbscarry passengers· The aeroplane was carrying over 500 passengers.passengers travel somewhere· More than 7.6m rail passengers travelled on the Eurostar rail service last year.passengers get on/off a bus/plane etc· The bus stopped and half the passengers got off.passengers board a plane/train formal (=get on it)· The first three cars were reserved for passengers boarding in Queens.passengers are stranded (=are unable to continue their journey)· At least 1,000 passengers were stranded at the airport because of the storm.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + passengerrail passengers· Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.airline passengers· All airline passengers arriving at Heathrow must go through customs.bus passengers· Bus passengers are facing higher fares.foot passengers (=passengers on a boat, who are not in a car or other vehicle)· A queue of foot passengers was waiting to get on the ferry.passenger + NOUNa passenger train (=rather than a goods train)· The driver of the passenger train was unable to stop in time.a passenger plane/jet· It was recently converted from a passenger plane to cargo use.a passenger ship· It is the biggest passenger ship afloat.