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1. A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
   - transportation system, transit
    
2. The act of moving something from one location to another
   - transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance
    
3. The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
   - fare
    
4. The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
   - shipping, transport
    
5. The act of expelling a person from their native land
   "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
   - exile, deportation, expatriation

1. The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
   - Department of Transportation, DoT

Derived forms: transportations

See also: transport

Type of: banishment, business, business enterprise, charge, commercial enterprise, executive department, facility, installation, movement, proscription

Part of: base, commerce, commercialism, infrastructure, mercantilism

Encyclopedia: Transportation