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bus⋅ing

  [buhs-ing]
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–noun
the transporting of public-school students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, esp. as a means of achieving racial balance.
Also, bussing.

Origin:
1885–90; bus 1 (v.) + -ing 1 , spelled irreg. with single s, perh. to avoid association with buss1
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1  [buhs] noun, plural bus⋅es, bus⋅ses, verb, bused or bussed, bus⋅ing or bus⋅sing.
–noun
1. a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
2. a similar horse-drawn vehicle.
3. a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus.
4. any vehicle operated to transport children to school.
5. a low, movable filing cabinet.
6. Electricity. Also called bus bar, bus⋅bar  [buhs-bahr] . a heavy conductor, often made of copper in the shape of a bar, used to collect, carry, and distribute powerful electric currents, as those produced by generators.
7. Computers. a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer.
–verb (used with object)
8. to convey or transport by bus: to bus the tourists to another hotel.
9. to transport (pupils) to school by bus, esp. as a means of achieving racial integration.
–verb (used without object)
10. to travel on or by means of a bus: We bused to New York on a theater trip.
Origin:
1825–35; short for omnibus; (def. 6) short for omnibus bar

bus

2  [buhs]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), bused or bussed, bus⋅ing or bus⋅sing.
to work or act as a busboy or busgirl: She bused for her meals during her student days.
Origin:
1830–40; back formation from busboy
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bus   (bŭs)   
n.   pl. bus·es or bus·ses

  1. A long motor vehicle for carrying passengers, usually along a fixed route.

  2. Informal A large or ungainly automobile.

  3. A four-wheeled cart for carrying dishes in a restaurant.

  4. Electricity A bus bar.

  5. Computer Science A parallel circuit that connects the major components of a computer, allowing the transfer of electric impulses from one connected component to any other.

v.   bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing, bus·es or bus·ses

v.   tr.

  1. To transport in a bus.

  2. To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.

    1. To carry or clear (dishes) in a restaurant.

    2. To clear dishes from (a table).

v.   intr.

  1. To travel in a bus.

  2. To work as a busboy.


[Short for omnibus. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from busboy.]
bus·ing or bus·sing   (bŭs'ĭng)   
n.  The transportation of schoolchildren by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.
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Cultural Dictionary

busing

The movement of students from one neighborhood to a school in another neighborhood, usually by bus and usually to break down de facto segregation of public schools.

Note: A Supreme Court decision in 1971 ruling that busing was an appropriate means of achieving integrated schools (see integration) was received with widespread, sometimes violent, resistance, particularly among whites into whose neighborhoods and schools black children were to be bused. In 1991, the Court ruled that school districts could end busing if they had done everything “practicable” to eliminate the traces of past discrimination.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

bus 
1832, abbreviation of omnibus (q.v.). The Eng. word is simply a Latin dative plural ending. The verb meaning "transport students to integrate schools" is first recorded 1961. Verb meaning "clear tables in a restaurant" is first attested 1913, probably from the four-wheeled cart used to carry dishes. To miss the bus, in the fig. sense, is from 1915. Busman's holiday "leisure time spent doing what one does for a living" (1893) is probably a reference to London bus drivers riding the buses on their days off.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bus·ing
Variant: or bus·sing /'b&-si[ng]/
Function: noun
: the act of transporting by bus; especially : the transporting of children to a school outside their neighborhood in order to establish a racial balance at that school
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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