taxi
taxi
noun
/ˈtæksi/
1 (also cab, taxicab) a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have meters that show how much money you have to pay.
We took a taxi to the airport.
to call/hail/catch/get a taxi
by taxi I came home by taxi.
a taxi driver
a taxi ride/service
TOPICS Transport by car or lorry A1
Collocations
adjective
air
water
verb + taxi
takebook (somebody)
call (somebody)
taxi + noun
cab
company
firm
phrases
by taxi
2 ​(in some places in Africa) a small bus with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have fixed routes and stop wherever passengers need to get on or off.
SEE ALSO daladala, matatu
taxi
verb (taxies, taxied, taxied, taxiing)
/ˈtæksi/
intransitive
​(of a plane) to move slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing
TOPICS Transport by air C2
Word Origin
early 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxi-cab or taximeter cab, from French taximètre, from taxe ‘tariff’, from the verb taxer ‘to tax’ + -mètre ‘(instrument) measuring’.