transportation meaning and definition

TRANSPORTATION noun

Definition of transportation (noun)

1. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
   • synonyms: transit, transportation system
2. the act of moving something from one location to another
   • synonyms: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport
3. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
   • synonyms: fare
4. the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
   • synonyms: Department of Transportation, DoT
5. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: deportation, exile, expatriation