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View synonyms for common carrier

common carrier

noun

  1. Transportation. (in federal regulatory and other legal usage) a carrier offering its services at published rates to all persons for interstate transportation.
  2. a public service or public utility company, as a telephone or telegraph company, engaged in the transmitting of messages for the public.


common carrier

noun

  1. a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

common carrier

  1. A company or individual providing public transportation on a regular basis in return for a fee that is uniformly charged to all users.
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Other Words From

  • common-carri·er adjective
  • common carriage noun
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Example Sentences

The FCC has no jurisdiction over Title I services, but great authority over those classified by Title II as common carriers.

“It would undercut safety and be the opposite of good business, the opposite of fulfilling the common carrier obligation, and the opposite of meeting the congressional commandment to serve the public.”

In considering the Texas law, however, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that social media companies are, like phone companies, “common carriers” and can therefore be prevented from removing content.

“There is a fair argument that some digital platforms are sufficiently akin to common carriers or places of accommodation to be regulated,” he wrote when the court dismissed a case called Biden vs.

Today, raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes are the most common carriers.

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