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common carrier
–noun
1.Transportation. (in federal regulatory and other legal usage) a carrier offering its services at published rates to all persons for interstate transportation.
2.a public service or public utility company, as a telephone or telegraph company, engaged in the transmitting of messages for the public.
Also called carrier.

—Related forms
com·mon-car·ri·er, adjective
common carriage, noun
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common carrier  
n.  
  1. One that is in the business of transporting the public, goods, or messages for a fee.
  2. A company that provides telecommunications services, as by telephone or satellite, to the public.

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common carrier

noun
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages [syn: carrier] 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
common carrier

A company or individual providing public transportation on a regular basis in return for a fee that is uniformly charged to all users.


[Chapter:] Business and Economics


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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

common carrier communications, company
(Or "phone company") A private company that offers telecommunications services to the public.
(1995-03-20)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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