Transportation vs Multiride - What's the difference?
transportation | multiride |
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
(historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
(US) A means of conveyance.
(US) A ticket or fare.
* 1898 , Willa Cather, The Westbound Train
Valid for, or pertaining to, more than one ride on transportation.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 29, author=Ken Belson, title=Port Authority to Vote Friday on Proposal to Increase Tolls and Fares, work=New York Times
, passage=The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will raise fares on its bridges and tunnels in New York City, and while the base fare on city subways and buses will remain $2, MetroCard users will pay more for multiride tickets and see their discounts shrink. }}
As a noun transportation
is transportation.As an adjective multiride is
valid for, or pertaining to, more than one ride on transportation.transportation
English
Noun
(-)- We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation .
- Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation .
- Nice transportation , dude, but your brake lights are busted.
- Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"
- (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)
- Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."
multiride
English
Adjective
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