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   taxi

   /ˈtaksi/

   noun

   • 1. a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter: "I'll take a taxi from the air terminal"
   • ▪ a boat or other means of transportation used in the same way as a taxi: "they took a motor-boat taxi to the end of the Grand Canal"
   • ▪ (in South Africa) a light vehicle, especially a minibus, transporting passengers along a fixed route for a set fare but not operating to a timetable.

   verb

   • 1. (of an aircraft) move slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing: "the plane taxied to a halt at the terminal"
   • ▪ (of a pilot) cause (an aircraft) to taxi: "he taxied the plane to the very end of the airstrip"
   • 2. take a taxi as a means of transport: "I would taxi home and sleep till eight"

   Word Origin early 20th century: abbreviation of taxicab or taximeter cab (see taximeter).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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