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Definition of Taxicab

1. Noun. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.

Definition of Taxicab

1. Noun. a vehicle that passengers hire to take them between locations of their choice, the fare being calculated with a taximeter; a taxi or cab ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taxicab

1. an automobile for hire [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxicab

Literary usage of Taxicab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Automobiles by Xenophon Pearce Huddy (1909)
"No exclusive right to use the word "taxicab " Let it be said at the outset ... The word "taxicab" is public property; it is descriptive of a chattel : and ..."

2. The Horseless Age (1909)
"New York City taxicab Ordinance. In our issue of June 2 we printed the New York city taxicab ordinance as it was passed by the board of aldermen on June 15. ..."

3. Ohio Circuit Court Reports: New Series. Cases Adjudged in the Circuit Courts by Ohio Circuit Courts (1917)
"Court of Appeals for Hamilton County. ZUMSTEIN taxicab Co. v. DOROTHY RUMMEL. Decided, July 6, 1916. Negligence—Collision Between Motorcycle and ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"... where it was held that a city has power to exact the customary reasonable license fees from a taxicab owner using the streets of the city in conveying ..."

5. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"taxicab COMPANIES In auditing a taxicab company, the procedure would be much the same as for an ordinary manufacturing company, excepting the verification ..."

6. Auditing: Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1916)
"taxicab Companies In auditing a taxicab company, the procedure would be much the same as for an ordinary manufacturing company, excepting the verification ..."

7. Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1915)
"It was a regular taxicab, with a meter on it, and a little red metal flag which might be turned up or turned down, depending on whether the cab was engaged ..."

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