To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir
H. Wotton.
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2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
transportation — trans‧por‧ta‧tion [ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʆn ǁ spər ] noun [uncountable] 1. TRANSPORT the process or business of moving goods from one place to another by rail, air, ship etc: • Prices include transportation from London. 2. TRANSPORT … Financial and business terms
transportation — [ trɑ̃spɔrtasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • av. 1778; h. 1519; lat. transportatio « émigration » 1 ♦ Vx Déportation, exil forcé (d un peuple, d un groupe). 2 ♦ Dr. Institution par laquelle les condamnés aux travaux forcés étaient transportés dans une colonie pour … Encyclopédie Universelle
transportation — index carriage, removal, transmittal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 transportation … Law dictionary
Transportation — (lat.), überseeische Verschickung verurteilter Verbrecher. Im weitern Sinn also soviel wie Deportation; im engern Sinne des neuern französischen Rechts von dieser wie von der Relegation unterschieden. S. Deportation … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Transportation — (lat.), s.v.w. Deportation … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
transportation — /trans peuhr tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of transporting. 2. the state of being transported. 3. the means of transport or conveyance. 4. the business of conveying people, goods, etc. 5. price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare. 6.… … Universalium
transportation — noun (esp. AmE) ⇨ See also ↑transit, ↑transport ADJECTIVE ▪ mass, public ▪ Many destinations can be reached by public transportation. ▪ private ▪ … Collocations dictionary
transportation — n. (esp. AE; BE usu. has transport) 1) to provide transportation 2) air; bus; ground, surface; mass, public transportation 3) transportation from; to (to provide transportation from the city to the airport) * * * [ˌtrænspɔː teɪʃ(ə)n] bus ground… … Combinatory dictionary
transportation — trans|por|ta|tion [ ,trænspər teıʃn ] noun uncount ** 1. ) the activity of moving people or things from one place to another, or the system used for doing this: rising transportation costs transportation of: He was convicted of the possession and … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Transportation — Given Russia’s vast size and harsh climate, the country’s transportation system is integral to the country’s economic development and settlement patterns. Shaped both by tsarist and Soviet political considerations, the Russian Federation’s… … Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
