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• n  a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• v  travel slowly
  The plane taxied down the runway
• v  ride in a taxicab

• Iran's women taxi drivers find an economic opportunity in their society's gender divide.
• The latest in a wave of taxi strikes throughout the country took place in Hong Kong last night.
• Cracked Gulbenkian: "I like to travel in a gold-plated taxi that can turn on a sixpencewhatever that is.

• cab
• hack
• taxicab

News & Articles

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• Taxi drivers protest R.I. sales tax on cab rides
  Taxi drivers protest R.I. sales tax on cab rides
  June 12, 2013 - The Providence Journal
• Taxi drivers call for the repeal of "Taxi tax"
  Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Taxi drivers rallied at the Rhode Island Statehouse to call for the repeal of the "taxi tax." Taxi owners and drivers gathered at the Statehouse Tuesday to urge the
  June 11, 2013 - ABC 6 Providence
• RI taxi drivers to urge lawmakers to rescind tax
  Rhode Island cab drivers plan to gather at the Statehouse to encourage lawmakers to repeal a tax on taxi fares. Tuesday's visit is intended to rally opposition to the sales tax, imposed by lawmakers last ...
  June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Leland Yee in The Associated Press
  My mother had been living out there,said state Sen. Leland Yee, who represents the area. "She would have to take three or four buses to get to a grocery store and maybe she would have to take a taxi to come back because she couldn't carry...
• John Cleese in Times Online
  We checked every option, but there were no boats and no train tickets available. That's when my fabulous assistant determined the easiest thing would be to take a taxi,Cleese said.
• Joseph Bruno in WNBC
  While we are hopeful that taxi drivers do not strike, it is important that the City have a plan to provide adequate transportation if they do,said OEM Commissioner Joseph Bruno. "The contingency plan we have created will ensure that New...