transportation

4 definitions • 15 examples

the movement of people or goods from one place to another:

the safe transportation of used nuclear fuel

In the past, British convicts could be sentenced to transportation (to Australia).

a vehicle or system of vehicles, such as buses, trains, etc. for getting from one place to another:

Bicycles are a cheap and efficient form/means of transportation.

a system of vehicles, for example buses, trains, and aircraft, for getting from one place to another:

New legislation does little to solve the state's transportation problems and puts other crucial services at risk.

The plan provided $850 million for transportation in 2008-09 and $900 million in 2009-10.

Thanks to diverse forms of transportation and communication, the global economy is now open to trade and investment in a way that was not possible before.

a mode/means/form of transportation Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles promise to be the cleanest mode of transportation.

transportation services/systems/networks

a transportation plan/program/project

transportation companies/industries

transportation departments/directors/officials

transportation costs/funding

state/regional/local transportation

free/cheap transportation

the activity of moving goods or gas, oil, etc. from one place to another:

the transportation of sth Disclosure of the transportation of hazardous waste emerged after documents were leaked.