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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.


com⋅mon-car⋅ri⋅er, adjective
common carriage, noun
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Main Entry: common carrier
Function: noun
: 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, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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