common carrier

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noun

Transportation. (in federal regulatory and other legal usage) a carrier offering its services at published rates to all persons for interstate transportation.
a public service or public utility company, as a telephone or telegraph company, engaged in the transmitting of messages for the public.
Also called carrier.

OTHER WORDS FROM common carrier

com·mon-car·ri·er, adjective common carriage, noun

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Words related to common carrier

carrier, driver, shipper, conveyer, transporter, trucker

Example sentences from the Web for common carrier

  • That's common-carrier while the Fair Grounds isn't running up there.

    The Syndic |C.M. Kornbluth

  • We don't make any profit on common-carrier service, the rates are too low, but we owe it to the public that supports us.

    The Syndic |C.M. Kornbluth

  • As early as 1732 some common-carrier lines had wagons which would carry a few passengers.

    Home Life in Colonial Days |Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for common carrier

common carrier

noun

a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers

Cultural definitions for common carrier

common carrier

A company or individual providing public transportation on a regular basis in return for a fee that is uniformly charged to all users.