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Common carrier   /kˈɑmən kˈæriər/   Listen
Common carrier

noun
1.
A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages.  Synonym: carrier.






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"Common carrier" Quotes from Famous Books



... corporation, or locality an unreasonable advantage over others. Granting of passes was prohibited to other than railroad employees, and granting of rebates was forbidden. 4. By the "long or short haul" clause it was made unlawful for a common carrier to charge more for the transportation of passengers, or the same kind of freight, over a shorter than a longer distance; provided the transportation was under substantially similar circumstances and conditions over the same ...
— History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6) • E. Benjamin Andrews



Words linked to "Common carrier" :   concern, business organization, business concern, business, carrier, business organisation, line



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