common carrier

English

Noun

common carrier (plural common carriers)

  1. (transport, rail transport) a person or company that undertakes to transport goods for the general public or passengers on regular routes at agreed rates.
    • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 41:
      Baldwin built the biggest by virtue of its rapport with the U.S. Steel roads. The largest of these properties is the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range. The Missabe is, to be sure, no granger; indeed DM&IR is only technically a common carrier.
  2. (US, telecommunications) a company providing public telecommunications facilities.

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