taxicab
noun/ˈtæksiˌkæb/
Frequency rank: #18,749 most common English word
Meaning
a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere; a taxi.
Example sentence
She hailed taxicab at the corner and asked the driver to take her to the airport.
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