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Meaning of bus captain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
bʌs ˈkaptɪn

Definitions

A bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.

Singapore

Examples

“There is hardly any justification for a fare hike just to pay for and retain the bus captains, which was what SBS's Mrs Cheng had used as a justification.”
“The bus captain informed her that the journey cost $1.60.”
“This includes an annual wage supplement and a year-end annual variable bonus in place of the initial ex-gratia and sign-on bonuses given to Chinese bus captains on two-year contracts like the one He was on.”
“Go-Ahead Singapore, the country’s fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains by about 4.6 per cent, in a move that comes on the back of recent pay hikes announced by two of its rivals.”
“The 34-year-old started his training to be a bus captain in February and has been driving with SBS Transit since April this year.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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