transportation (n.)

  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 moving something from one location to another

    [ Syn: transport , 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 moving 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 ]

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