taxicab

[tak-see-kab]

tax·i·cab

[tak-see-kab]
noun
a public passenger vehicle, especially an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter.

Origin:
1905–10; taxi(meter) + cab
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taxicab

chauffeur-driven automobile available for hire to carry passengers between any two points within a city or its suburbs for a fare determined by a meter or zone system or a flat rate. The taxicab is named after the taximeter, an instrument invented by Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891 that automatically recorded the distance traveled and/or the time consumed, thus enabling the fare to be accurately measured. The term cab derives from the cabriolet, a two-wheeled, one-horse carriage often let out for hire

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