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common carrier

DEFINITIONS OF: common carrier

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n a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

Synonyms:
carrier
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line
a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
airline, airline business, airway
a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
steamship company, steamship line
a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships
transit line
a line providing public transit
Type of:
business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
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