common carrier — n: a business or agency that is available to the public for transportation of persons, goods, or messages compare contract carrier Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
carrier — car‧ri‧er [ˈkæriə ǁ ər] noun [countable] TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS a person or company whose job is to transport goods from one place to another: • national carriers like Pickfords, with their own warehouses and regular clientele • the American… … Financial and business terms
common carrier — ➔ carrier * * * common carrier UK US noun [C] ► (also public carrier) TRANSPORT, COMMERCE a company that provides regular services to the general public transporting people or goods: »The amendment says the penalties do not apply to common… … Financial and business terms
common — com·mon 1 adj 1 a: of or relating to a community at large: public common defense b: known to the community a common thief 2: belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group … Law dictionary
carrier — Individual or organization engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire. Carrier means any person engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by land, as a common, contract, or private carrier, or freight forwarder as those… … Black's law dictionary
carrier — Individual or organization engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire. Carrier means any person engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by land, as a common, contract, or private carrier, or freight forwarder as those… … Black's law dictionary
common — Belonging or shared equally by more than one. Of frequent occurrence. Without special or distinguishing characteristics. An incorporeal hereditament which consists in a profit which one man has in connection with one or more others in the land of … Black's law dictionary
common — Belonging or shared equally by more than one. Of frequent occurrence. Without special or distinguishing characteristics. An incorporeal hereditament which consists in a profit which one man has in connection with one or more others in the land of … Black's law dictionary
carrier — car·ri·er n 1: an individual or entity engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire by land, water, or air; specif: common carrier 2: an insurer that assumes the risks of a policy that it issues to a policyholder Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
Carrier language — Carrier Dakeł (ᑕᗸᒡ) Spoken in Canada Region Central Interior of British Columbia Ethnicity Carrier people Nati … Wikipedia