taxicab
noun
taxi·cab
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Definition of taxicab
: an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
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Examples of taxicab in a Sentence
took a taxicab to the airport
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His father drove a taxicab, and his mother was a homemaker. — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, "Harvey Frommer, prolific chronicler of baseball’s ‘golden age’ in New York, dies at 83," 3 Aug. 2019 On a Sunday afternoon in September 2014, Boylan stumbled out of a taxicab onto the sidewalk in front of the emergency room at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. — David Armstrong, ProPublica, "In Men, It’s Parkinson’s. In Women, It’s Hysteria.," 23 Aug. 2019 There’s a genuine London taxicab parked in front that Kerbs uses to show his city properties. — Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, "As Coors Field readies for McGregor Square, Douglas D. Kerbs lets you visualize your future there in a 5,000-square-foot loft," 14 June 2019 The Mets, meanwhile, treated Hoffman like a NYC taxicab driver treats a tourist: roughly and with little respect. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, "Rockies dominated by Mets’ Noah Syndergaard in 6-1 loss," 9 June 2019 Uber and Lyft have battled each other for years in a price war that wildly undercut taxicab fares, thanks to billions of dollars in venture capital that subsidized the lower prices and supported the companies’ massive losses. — Eliot Brown, WSJ, "Uber, Lyft IPOs May Lead to Higher Fares," 22 Apr. 2019 In regular session at 5 p.m., the council will consider an ordinance dropping insurance requirements for taxicabs from $1 million to $350,000. — Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, "On the agenda, May 20," 20 May 2018 Rates for engineering companies could be about 9 percent lower than what insurers would charge on the individual and small-group market, for example, while those for the taxicab industry could be nearly 15 percent higher. — Michelle Andrews, Washington Post, "Thinking About An Association Health Plan? Read The Fine Print," 26 June 2018 According to the New York Post, Saleh had not been making enough money to cover the lease on his taxicab and medallion. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "6th New York City Cab Driver Takes His Life in Crisis Blamed on Uber," 16 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'taxicab.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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taxicab
noun
taxi·cab
| \ ˈtak-sē-ˌkab
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Kids Definition of taxicab
: a vehicle that carries passengers for a fare usually based on the distance traveled
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