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transportation W3 AC /ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən $ -spər-/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
[Word Family: noun: transport, transportation, transporter; verb: transport]
1. American English a system or method for carrying passengers or goods from one place to another SYN transport British English:
  ▪ The city needs to improve its public transportation (=buses, trains etc).
means/mode/form of transportation
  ▪ People need to get out of their cars and use other modes of transportation.

2. American English the process or business of taking goods from one place to another SYN transport British English
transportation of
  ▪ the transportation of dangerous chemicals by road

3. old use the punishment of sending a criminal to a distant country

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Surface Transportation Board, the
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
public
We were utterly inaccessible by public transportation.
One particular concern related to public transportation.
By not letting people use their cars for work-to take public transportation.
Every neighborhood had a main street for shopping and public transportation.
The de Young can not wait that long for a reluctant city to build an adequate public transportation system.
Solution: We arranged for public transportation to shuttle students to campus from a parking lot across town.
No public transportation is available directly to the park.
NOUN
air
Yet, most of us clamor for cheap, safe air transportation but are quite unwilling to pay for it.
The postwar history of lighter-than-\\#air transportation is littered with failed attempts.
The price includes air transportation, hotels, some meals and guides.
company
Retailers, home sellers and transportation companies from airlines to freight haulers saw activity brought to a standstill in the blizzard.
costs
Local producers can, depending on transportation costs, more readily locate refining and smelting units near small mines.
What good are 10, 000 pins if they can not be traded because of restrictions or high transportation costs?
Landings in Florida save about $ 1 million in transportation costs.
Transport vehicles are needed, routing issues must be addressed, and of course the transportation costs must be paid.
In equilibrium this higher marginal revenue exactly offsets transportation costs.
department
If Casas Adobes voters approve the incorporation, Paez estimates it could cost the transportation department roughly $ 2 million a year.
This division subsequently began to market the software it developed to other truckers and transportation departments.
ground
The service also can book air fare, ground transportation, lift tickets and more.
Inside are instructions for finding ground transportation at more than 100 airports around the world.
official
But the results so far are mixed, although many state transportation officials say it is too early to make definitive judgments.
As the grim search progressed, federal transportation officials in Washington provided new details about the stepped-up scrutiny of ValuJet.
system
The island's transportation system depended heavily on cattle.
Such a transportation system will exert a constant demand for fuel both at the space station and on the lunar surface.
Examples of such systems include: defence systems, satellite communication systems, transportation systems, manufacturing systems and economic systems.
But if fuel could be made on the Moon, the transportation system would be much more economical.
In Northern Ireland we have embarked on a major programme of investment covering all sectors of the region's transportation system.
The de Young can not wait that long for a reluctant city to build an adequate public transportation system.
Many places have poor electricity, water, telecommunications and transportation systems, let alone high-tech factories.
Indeed, they must be just about the most individually specialized operating team in any transportation system.
VERB
include
We also include the transportation of your main luggage from hotel to hotel.
The cost is approximately $ 60 per person per day, including transportation and food.
The deal includes valuable transportation to the games.
Event begins at 9 a. m. Tickets are $ 25 per person, and include transportation and lunch.
There are basic services, including good public transportation, sanitation, a sound infrastructure.
The price includes air transportation, hotels, some meals and guides.
So she is encouraging her homeowner clients to include transportation as part of the bed-and-breakfast package.
pay
What the farmer gets is what the urban dweller pays minus transportation and distribution costs.
provide
Minibuses will provide transportation where walking route is impracticable or inaccessible.
Once in Breckenridge, a free shuttle system provides transportation to the mountain bases and throughout town.
The railroad provided transportation to the eastern markets and it cut the great remaining herd in two.
The airline also announced an agreement to provide transportation for the U. S. Ski Team.
use
They figured out a way to adapt the seats of the bicycles that families use for transportation.
She taught People how to use public transportation, how to open a bank account and other practical skills.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
Expensive energy makes the production, transportation, and refrigeration of food more expensive.
In recent years, Wilson and the Legislature also have diverted some transportation funds to the deficit-ridden state general fund.
The best designs can be folded for easy transportation.
The main priorities are: A comprehensive transportation study with a view to reducing the level of dependence on private cars.
The non-subsistence sector of the economy needed cattle for transportation and food.
There is obviously something extremely distressing about the whole process of transportation.
Today transportation is much faster, shipping methods are almost an art, and collecting techniques have been greatly refined.
White also will continue to receive a transportation allowance from the transit agency, totaling $ 7, 200.

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