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Transportation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Transportation : (noun)
1: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
for the movement of passengers or goods [syn: transportation
system, transit]
2: the act of transporting something from one location to
another [syn: transfer, transferral, conveyance]
3: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn: fare]
4: the United States federal department that institutes and
coordinates national transportation programs; created in
1966 [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation,
DoT]
5: the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and
materials [syn: shipping, transport]
6: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "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" [syn: exile,
deportation, expatriation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Transportation : \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F.
transportation.]
1. The act of transporting, or the state of being
transported; carriage from one place to another; removal;
conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir
H. Wotton.
2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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TRANSPORTATION, punishment. In the English law, this punishment is inflicted
by virtue of sundry statutes; it was unknown to the common law. 2 H. Bl.
223. It is a part of the judgment or sentence of the court, that the party
shall be transported or sent into exile. 1 Ch. Cr. Law, 789 to
796: Princ.
of Pen. Law, c. 4 Sec. 2.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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