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Transportation   /trˌænspərtˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Transportation

noun
1.
A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.  Synonyms: transit, transportation system.
2.
The act of moving something from one location to another.  Synonyms: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport.
3.
The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance.  Synonym: fare.
4.
The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966.  Synonyms: Department of Transportation, DoT.
5.
The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials.  Synonyms: shipping, transport.
6.
The act of expelling a person from their native land.  Synonyms: deportation, exile, expatriation.  "His deportation to a penal colony" , "The expatriation of wealthy farmers" , "The sentence was one of transportation for life"



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"Transportation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Maysville now stands. They ascended this creek a short distance with their boat, and concealed their cargo at different places in the woods along its banks. They then turned their boat adrift, and directed their course to Harrodstown, intending to return with a sufficient escort to insure the safe transportation of the powder to its destination. This in a short time was successfully effected, and the colonists were thus abundantly supplied with the means of defense against the fierce enemies who ...
— Life & Times of Col. Daniel Boone • Cecil B. Harley

... "what I am getting at is this, Captain Merrithew. The Coastwise Transportation Company is looking for men like you. We want you with us, in short. As you probably know, we have a fleet consisting of steamers of various sizes, but all pretty much the same type; that is to say, seaworthy, comfortable, and well engined. We ...
— Dan Merrithew • Lawrence Perry

... transit through Canada at this time was most primitive, and not the least of the questions which occupied Brock's thoughts was the important one of transportation. The lack of facilities for moving large bodies of men and supplies, in event of war, was as apparent as was the lack of vessels of force on ...
— The Story of Isaac Brock - Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 • Walter R. Nursey

... Mr. Dooley. "But if he does, whin he comes out at the end iv a hundhred an fifty-eight thousand years he'll find a great manny changes in men's hats an' th' means iv transportation but not much in annything else. He may find flyin' machines, though it'll be arly f'r thim, but he'll see a good manny people ...
— Mr. Dooley Says • Finley Dunne

... know. At least I am not certain. My knowledge of criminal law is very slight, but I should suppose it would be transportation for—" ...
— Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader • R.M. Ballantyne


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