common carrier

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noun

Transportation. (in federal regulatory and other legal usage) a carrier offering its services at published rates to all persons for interstate transportation.

a public service or public utility company, as a telephone or telegraph company, engaged in the transmitting of messages for the public.

Also called carrier.

OTHER WORDS FROM common carrier

com·mon-car·ri·er, adjectivecommon carriage, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for common carrier

That's common-carrier while the Fair Grounds isn't running up there.
The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
We don't make any profit on common-carrier service, the rates are too low, but we owe it to the public that supports us.
The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
As early as 1732 some common-carrier lines had wagons which would carry a few passengers.
Home Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for common carrier

common carrier

noun

a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers

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Cultural definitions for common carrier

common carrier

A company or individual providing public transportation on a regular basis in return for a fee that is uniformly charged to all users.

单词	common carrier
释义	common carrier SEE SYNONYMS FOR common carrier ON THESAURUS.COM noun Transportation. (in federal regulatory and other legal usage) a carrier offering its services at published rates to all persons for interstate transportation. a public service or public utility company, as a telephone or telegraph company, engaged in the transmitting of messages for the public. Also called carrier. OTHER WORDS FROM common carrier com·mon-car·ri·er, adjectivecommon carriage, noun Words nearby common carrier common bile duct, common business oriented language, common cardinal vein, common carotid artery, common carotid plexus, common carrier, common cause, common chord, common cold, common-cold virus, Common Core Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for common carrier That's common-carrier while the Fair Grounds isn't running up there. The Syndic\|C.M. Kornbluth We don't make any profit on common-carrier service, the rates are too low, but we owe it to the public that supports us. The Syndic\|C.M. Kornbluth As early as 1732 some common-carrier lines had wagons which would carry a few passengers. Home Life in Colonial Days\|Alice Morse Earle British Dictionary definitions for common carrier common carrier noun a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to common carrier carrier, driver, shipper, conveyer, transporter, trucker Cultural definitions for common carrier common carrier A company or individual providing public transportation on a regular basis in return for a fee that is uniformly charged to all users. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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common carrier

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for common carrier

noun

Words related to common carrier

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