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    carrier
    /ˈkarɪə/

    noun

    • 1. a person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something: "water carriers"
    • 2. a person or company that undertakes the professional conveyance of goods or people: "the instruments can be sent by carrier"

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  2. : an individual or organization engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire. b. : a transportation line carrying mail between post offices. c. : a postal employee who delivers or collects mail. d. : one that delivers newspapers. e. : an entity (such as a hole or an electron) capable of carrying an electric charge. 3. a.

  3. CARRIER definition: 1. a person or thing that carries something 2. a company that operates aircraft 3. used as a…. Learn more.

  4. An organism that carries a gene for a trait but does not show the trait itself. Carriers can produce offspring that express the trait by mating with another carrier of the same gene.

  5. If your job involves carrying things or people, you work as a carrier. If you deliver newspapers, you are a newspaper carrier. If the job is to transport household items or people, your business is as a common carrier, such as a moving company or an airline.

  6. a person or thing that carries something. a company that operates aircraft. used as a combining form, especially in phrases that refer to military vehicles of a type that carry other vehicles or groups of soldiers: an armored troop-carrier. a freight carrier. informal for aircraft carrier. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  7. noun. /ˈkæriə (r)/ /ˈkæriər/ a company that carries goods or passengers from one place to another, especially by air. Delta Air Lines, the third-largest carrier in the US. Want to learn more?

  8. n. 1. One that transports or conveys: baggage carriers; a message carrier. 2. One, such as a person, business, or organization, that deals in the transport of passengers or goods. 3. A mechanism or device by which something is conveyed or conducted. 4.