taxi

Meanings

Noun

• A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
• The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
• A share taxi.

Verb

• To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
• To travel by taxicab.

Related

Similar words

• cab
• taxicab (from taximeter cabriolet)

Origin

• Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa ("tax, charge").