Definition of Common carrier. Meaning of Common carrier. Synonyms of Common carrier

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Definition of Common carrier

Common carrier
Carrier Car"ri*er, n. [From Carry.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. --Bacon. 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. --Swift. 3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. Carrier pigeon (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. Carrier shell (Zo["o]l.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.

Meaning of Common carrier from wikipedia

- A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in some civil law systems, usually called simply a carrier) is a person or...
- lost or stolen with their Telecom Carrier, and the IMEI would be blacklisted with a central registry. Telecom carriers, depending upon local regulation...
- arranges an item for shipment) by liaising with carriers (party that transports goods). The carriers may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships...
- Look up Carrier or carrier in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carrier may refer to: Carrier (album), a 2013 album by The Dodos Carrier (board game),...
- ending in X are not common carriers; marks ending in Z are for trailers without flanged wheels. All other marks are of common-carrier railroads. Reporting...
- About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about 160,141 mi (257,722 km) of railroad track in the United...
- They were sold through WCCs (Wireline Common Carriers, a.k.a. telephone companies), RCCs (Radio Common Carriers), and two-way radio dealers. Early examples...
- industrial transport or resort access, and some of these lines offered common carrier service. Outside Colorado, these isolated lines evolved into regional...
- railroad meant to be permanent, and the first to evolve into trackage of a common carrier after an intervening closure.See the 1826 Granite Railway (pictured)...
- of the only companies in the United States to offer common carrier service. At first, common carrier was only limited to a small area around Los Angeles...