Taxi ˈtæksi Driver Noun Airport Call/Hail/Catch/Get I Home

• we took a taxi to the airport.
• to call/hail/catch/get a taxi
• i came home by taxi.
• a taxi driver

taxi

1. 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
• I came home by taxi.
• a taxi driver
• a taxi ride/service

Extra Examples

• We'd better take a taxi.
• I'll get my secretary to call you a taxi.
• We had some difficulty finding a taxi.
• We hired a taxi for the day and went all over the island.
• a five-minute trip by taxi
• a water taxi heading for Venice
2. 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
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/daladala

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’.