Definitions for transportation

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transportation trans·por·ta·tion

Spelling: [trans-per-tey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌtræns pərˈteɪ ʃən/

Transportation is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1055 anagrams from letters in transportation (aainnooprrsttt).

Definitions for transportation

noun

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. tickets or permits for transport or travel.
7. banishment, as of a criminal to a penal colony; deportation.
8. (initial capital letter). Also called Transportation Department. Informal. the Department of Transportation.

Origin of transportation

First recorded in 1530-40; transport + -ation

Examples for transportation

The transportation service—and others like it—epitomize what the sharing economy is all about.

Going hands-free is just one of the perks of a place where the only form of transportation is by carriage, bike, or tractor.

They were distributed among the captains of the fleet for transportation to Athens.

The problem was that Ernst was in Kuwait with the 1168 transportation Company, a National Guard supply unit that she commanded.

Tell Wilson to make out your transportation, so that you can start for your regiment tomorrow.

The hay-press makes storage and transportation easier and cheaper.

transportation, they tell me, has already nearly got rid of the gypsies.

Two months later Florent was again sentenced to transportation.

But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.

Sure, the Red Coats had the upper hand in terms of transportation, supplies and training.