transportation

plural transportations

1. USuncountableusuallyThe act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

   We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

2. historicaluncountableusuallyDeportation to a penal colony.

   Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

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   Redpath was sentenced to transportation for life, and his assets, amounting to over £25,000, went to reduce the sum that the Great Northern had to find.

   1957 February 28, Michael Robbins, “The Redpath Frauds on the Great Northern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 132

3. USuncountableusuallyA means or manner of conveyance; a system of conveyance.

   Public transportation is useful for everybody.

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   Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.

   The hotel offers ground transportation to the airport.

4. USuncountableusuallyA ticket or fare.

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   Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?" (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.) Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."

   1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train

5. historicaluncountableusuallyPunishment by sending to a penal colony, such as Australia.