| NOUN | artifact | transportation, transportation system, transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
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| act | transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | the act of moving something from one location to another | |
| possession | transportation, fare | the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance | |
| group | Transportation, Department of Transportation, DoT | the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs | |
| act | transportation, shipping, transport | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | |
| act | transportation, exile, deportation, expatriation | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
| Sounds | trae.nspertey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance. | |
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| Synonym | fare | |
| Narrower | airfare | The fare charged for traveling by airplane |
| bus fare, carfare | The fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar | |
| cab fare, taxi fare | The fare charged for riding in a taxicab | |
| train fare | The fare charged for traveling by train | |
| Broader | charge | The price charged for some article or service |
| Spanish | billete, tarifa | |
| Catalan | tarifa | |
| Meaning | The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966. | |
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| Synonyms | Department of Transportation, DoT | |
| Parts | Federal Aviation Administration, FAA | An agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation / aviation |
| Transportation Security Administration, TSA | An agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel | |
| United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard | An agency of the Department of Transportation responsible / responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce | |
| Broader | executive department | A federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States |
| Spanish | ministerio de transporte | |
| Catalan | ministeri de transport | |
| Meaning | The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. | |
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| Synonyms | shipping, transport | |
| Category of | off-line | not on a regular route of a transportation system |
| on-line, online | On a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system | |
| Part of | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
| Narrower | air transportation, air transport | transportation by air |
| express, expressage | rapid transport of goods | |
| ferry, ferrying | transport by boat or aircraft | |
| freight, freightage | transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates | |
| hauling, trucking, truckage | The activity of transporting goods by truck | |
| navigation | ship traffic | |
| Broader | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
| Spanish | embarque, transporte | |
| Catalan | transport | |
| Verbs | transport | transport commercially |
| Meaning | The act of expelling a person from their native land. | |
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| Example | "the sentence was one of transportation for life" | |
| Synonyms | exile, deportation, expatriation | |
| Instances | Babylonian Captivity | The deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC |
| Broader | banishment, proscription | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
| Spanish | deportación, exiliado, exilio, expatriación | |
| Catalan | deportació, exili, expatriació | |
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