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transport
A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.
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  1. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.
  2. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.
  3. The act, process, or means of transporting; transportation; conveyance
moving
(Uncountable) The relocation of goods
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  1. (Uncountable) The relocation of goods
  2. (Countable) A causing of a movement
transit
The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body. As observed from Earth, Mercury and Venus are the only planets of the solar system that make transits of the Sun, because they are the only planets with orbits that lie between Earth and the Sun. Mercury makes an average of 13 transits of the Sun each century. Transits of Venus across the Sun are much rarer, with only 7 of them having occurred between 1639 and 2004. In contrast, transits of Jupiter's moons across its disk are common occurrences.
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  1. The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body. As observed from Earth, Mercury and Venus are the only planets of the solar system that make transits of the Sun, because they are the only planets with orbits that lie between Earth and the Sun. Mercury makes an average of 13 transits of the Sun each century. Transits of Venus across the Sun are much rarer, with only 7 of them having occurred between 1639 and 2004. In contrast, transits of Jupiter's moons across its disk are common occurrences.
  2. (Astron.) The apparent passage of a celestial body across a given meridian or through the field of a telescope
  3. Conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a local public transportation system.
conveyance
(Law) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
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  1. (Law) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
  2. The voluntary transfer of an interest in property or a property right, usually by means of a written instrument other than a will. See also alienation and grant. The voluntary transfer of an interest in property or a property right, usually by means of a written instrument other than a will. See also alienation and grant.
  3. A means of conveying; carrying device, esp. a vehicle
shipping
The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
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  1. The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
  2. The body of ships belonging to one port, industry, or country, often referred to in aggregate tonnage.
  3. Passage or transport on a ship.
shipment
A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
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  1. A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
  2. The act or an instance of shipping goods.
  3. The shipping or transporting of goods
haulage
The act or process of hauling
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  1. The act or process of hauling
  2. Business of transporting goods
  3. The charge made for hauling, as by a railroad
portage
Carrying capacity; tonnage.
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  1. Carrying capacity; tonnage.
  2. A carrying of boats and supplies overland from one lake or river to another, as during a canoe trip
  3. A charge for carrying.
carting
The transporting of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.
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  1. The transporting of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.
truckage
The carrying of goods by truck
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  1. The carrying of goods by truck
  2. A charge for transportation by truck.
freightage
Freight; cargo
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  1. Freight; cargo
  2. The price of transporting goods.
  3. The charge for transporting goods
transference
The act or process of transferring.
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  1. The act or process of transferring.
  2. The fact of being transferred.
  3. The process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent or sibling, are unconsciously shifted to another person, especially to a psychotherapist or psychoanalyst during a course of treatment.
passage
The right, permission, or power to come and go freely:
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  1. The right, permission, or power to come and go freely:
  2. The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship:
  3. The charge for such accommodations
ferriage
The act or business of carrying by ferry.
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  1. The act or business of carrying by ferry.
  2. The charge for this
  3. The toll charged for a ferry passage.
telpherage
A transportation system using telphers
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  1. A transportation system using telphers
  2. An automated transportation system powered by electricity, especially a cable car used to transport minerals or other goods.
carriage
A wheeled vehicle, especially a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle, often of an elegant design.
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  1. A wheeled vehicle, especially a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle, often of an elegant design.
  2. The cost of carrying; transportation charge
  3. A wheeled support or frame for carrying a heavy object, such as a cannon.
conveyance
The document by which this is effected; deed
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  1. The document by which this is effected; deed
  2. The voluntary transfer of an interest in property or a property right, usually by means of a written instrument other than a will. See also alienation and grant. The voluntary transfer of an interest in property or a property right, usually by means of a written instrument other than a will. See also alienation and grant.
  3. A means of conveying; carrying device, esp. a vehicle
transit
The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body. As observed from Earth, Mercury and Venus are the only planets of the solar system that make transits of the Sun, because they are the only planets with orbits that lie between Earth and the Sun. Mercury makes an average of 13 transits of the Sun each century. Transits of Venus across the Sun are much rarer, with only 7 of them having occurred between 1639 and 2004. In contrast, transits of Jupiter's moons across its disk are common occurrences.
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  1. The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body. As observed from Earth, Mercury and Venus are the only planets of the solar system that make transits of the Sun, because they are the only planets with orbits that lie between Earth and the Sun. Mercury makes an average of 13 transits of the Sun each century. Transits of Venus across the Sun are much rarer, with only 7 of them having occurred between 1639 and 2004. In contrast, transits of Jupiter's moons across its disk are common occurrences.
  2. (Astron.) The apparent passage of a celestial body across a given meridian or through the field of a telescope
  3. The act of carrying or the condition of being carried through or across; conveyance
transport
The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.
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  1. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.
  2. The act, process, or means of transporting; transportation; conveyance
  3. A convict sentenced to transportation
deportation
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
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  1. The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
  2. The act or an instance of deporting.
  3. The act of expelling an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country. The act of expelling an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country.
exile
A person in exile
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  1. A person in exile
  2. The span of time in exile
  3. The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one's country or home:
expatriation
Forced expulsion of from one's native land to another
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  1. Forced expulsion of from one's native land to another
extradition
The surrender of an individual by one nation or state to another nation or state where that individual is sought for trial or punishment for the commission of a crime.
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  1. The surrender of an individual by one nation or state to another nation or state where that individual is sought for trial or punishment for the commission of a crime.
  2. The act of transferring a captured fugitive to the jurisdiction where he or she is sought; the legal process for such a transfer. The act of transferring a captured fugitive to the jurisdiction where he or she is sought; the legal process for such a transfer.
  3. The act of extraditing, as according to procedures established in an existing treaty, a person accused or convicted of a crime
ostracism
The act of banishing or excluding.
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  1. The act of banishing or excluding.
  2. A rejection or exclusion by general consent, as from a group or from acceptance by society
  3. In Athens and other cities of ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
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  • Independent carriers cannot run trains over the same line and underbid one another in offering transportation services.

  • St Joseph is a transportation centre of great importance.

  • Hadley, Railroad Transportation (New York, 1885); B.

  • But isolation and lack of transportation facilities have retarded its development.

  • If she had a method of transportation, that would be an alternative.

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