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Common carrier   /kˈɑmən kˈæriər/   Listen
Common carrier

noun
1.
A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages.  Synonym: carrier.





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"Common carrier" Quotes from Famous Books



... But when the amalgamation with the Grand Junction, which had always been its own carrier, took place, a great reduction in rates was made, as well as arrangements for encouraging the conveyance of every kind of saleable article. The company became a common carrier, but employing Messrs. Pickford, and Chaplin and ...
— Rides on Railways • Samuel Sidney


Words linked to "Common carrier" :   line, business organization, concern, business concern, business, business organisation, carrier


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