shared taxi
Definitions
A vehicle for hire, typically smaller than a bus, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, departing when all seats are filled.
Equivalents
19 more languages
Bosanskibuš
Suomireittitaksi
עבריתשירות
Hrvatskibuš
한국어승합 택시
Nederlandsdeeltaxi
Portuguêstáxi-lotação
Српскиbuš
ไทยสองแถว
Türkçedolmuş
Examples
“In contrast to the mass transit role of the servis taxis in Amman, the shared taxis in Bahrain offered a specialised supplement to the main transport⟳ services. Only about 1.5% of all person trips per day were made in 1981 by shared taxi, and they carried only about a quarter as many passengers as the scheduled bus services...”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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