minibus

Definitions

1. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups
2. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
3. A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi
4. A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
   South-Africa
5. A small four-wheeled carriage
6. A small four-wheeled carriage.
   historical
7. A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill
8. A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.”

“Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.”

“The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass⟳ this month.”

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