[tak-see-kab] 
| a public passenger vehicle, esp. an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter. |
| tax·i·cab (tāk'sē-kāb') n. An automobile that carries passengers for a fare, usually calculated by a taximeter. [taxi(meter) + cab1.] |
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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