shared taxi

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shared taxi

noun shared taxis

  1. A vehicle for hire, typically smaller than a bus, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, departing when all seats are filled. In contrast to the mass transit role of the servis taxis in Amman, the shared taxis in Bahrain offered a specialised supplement to the main transport services. Only about 1.5% of all person trips per day were made in 1981 by shared taxi, and they carried only about a quarter as many passengers as th

    Similar: bush taxi, colectivo, daladala, danfo, dolmus, jeepney, jitney, local taxi, louage, savari, share taxi, share-taxi

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noun a vehicle for hire, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables — see also marshrutka, matatu, songthaew

Españoltaxi colectivo, colectivo
한국어승합 택시 seunghap taeksi
日本語乗合タクシー noriai takushī, ジープニー
中文合乘計程車 /合乘计程车 héchéngjìchéngchē, 合乘出租车 héchéngchūzūchē
Kiswahilimatatu, daladala
Portuguêstáxi-lotação
Françaistaxi collectif, wôrô-wôrô
DeutschSammeltaxi
Românărutieră (Moldova), microbuz (minibus, Romania)
Русскиймаршру́тное такси́ maršrútnoje taksí, маршру́тка maršrútka
العربيةسَيَّارَةُ أُجْرَةٍ مُشْتَرَكَة sayyāratu ʔujratin muštaraka, سَيَّارَةُ أُجْرَةٍ جَمَاعِيَّة sayyāratu ʔujratin jamāʕiyya, طَاكْسِي جَمَاعِيّ ṭāksī jamāʕiyy
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@misc{shared_taxi_2026,
  title = {shared taxi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shared%20taxi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}