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Meaning of transportation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  transportation
      n 1: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
           for the movement of passengers or goods [syn:
           {transportation system}, {transportation}, {transit}]
      2: the act of moving something from one location to another
         [syn: {transportation}, {transport}, {transfer},
         {transferral}, {conveyance}]
      3: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn:
         {fare}, {transportation}]
      4: the United States federal department that institutes and
         coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
         [syn: {Department of Transportation}, {Transportation},
         {DoT}]
      5: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials [syn:
         {transportation}, {shipping}, {transport}]
      6: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in
         exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony";
         "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one
         of transportation for life" [syn: {exile}, {deportation},
         {expatriation}, {transportation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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