Synonym: carriage, carrying, conveyance. Similar words: transport, active transport, translation, transformation, transition, transaction, transmission, portion. Meaning: [‚trænspər'teɪʃn /-spɔː't-] n. 1. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods 2. the act of moving something from one location to another 3. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance 4. the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 5. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials 6. the act of expelling a person from their native land.
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(151) We are looking to the city of Grand Forks to assist us in funding our transportation program.
(152) And the weakness in transportation issues could be bad news for the Dow Jones Industrial Average as well, said equity strategists.
(153) The budget provides money for food, transportation, and other essentials.
(154) It appeared that no aircraft were in danger in either incident, but the National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation.
(155) An outside auditor appointed by the Secretary of Transportation will analyse Amtrak's financial practices, especially its strategic business plan.
(156) Failure of crops and transportation delays must be foreseen and alternative arrangements made quickly and efficiently.
(157) The sprawling conference and resort center even has its own transportation system.
(158) In equilibrium this higher marginal revenue exactly offsets transportation costs.
(159) Transportation experts are the best judges of how to remedy the traffic dislocation growing out of the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989.
(160) By 1956, for instance, it had been able to overcome discriminatory practices in transportation rates and costs.
(161) Once in Breckenridge, a free shuttle system provides transportation to the mountain bases and throughout town.
(162) The price includes air transportation, hotels, some meals and guides.
(163) The powers that be do not seem interested in solving the city's transportation problems.
(164) What we need is a cheap and reliable system of public transportation.
(165) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials would not give the number of passengers on the six-car train or the number of injured.
(166) In a traditional transportation business, diesel engines or gasoline-powered motors move the trucks along the roadways.
(167) Cost is $ 50 per person, and includes a buffet brunch and transportation.
(168) You're both missing the point, which is to get more people to use public transportation.
(169) Thus using the space station as a transportation hub significantly reduces the mass that must be launched from Earth.
(170) Transport vehicles are needed, routing issues must be addressed, and of course the transportation costs must be paid.
(171) Transportation systems have a habit of being overtaken by new technology even as they reach their apogee.
(172) Solution: We arranged for public transportation to shuttle students to campus from a parking lot across town.
(173) Advantages of the ancient method of water transportation include a stable water-flow with little vaporisation and energy consumption that is almost negligible.
(174) Nevertheless, he had to give heed to the more practical side of transportation.
(175) In Northern Ireland we have embarked on a major programme of investment covering all sectors of the region's transportation system.
(176) The Department of Transportation, once headed by Mrs Dole, has commissioned a study.
(177) When Ron took early retirement from the Michigan Department of Transportation, they sold their house and took off.
(178) Local producers can, depending on transportation costs,[http://sentencedict.com/transportation.html] more readily locate refining and smelting units near small mines.
(179) The price includes all your transportation and hotels, I presume?
(180) This led to the social development of new occupational groups to help in the production and transportation of the agricultural goods.
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