hackney vehicle

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• Hackney carriage — | | |A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab or hack ) is a carriage or automobile kept for hire. [ [http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/hackney Definition of hackney by the Online Dictionary from Datasegment.com] ] A livery… …   Wikipedia

• hackney cab — hackney cab, hackney carriage or hackney coach noun 1. Formerly, any horse drawn vehicle serving as a taxi 2. (only hackney carriage) the official term used to describe a usu black London style taxi • • • Main Entry: ↑hackney …   Useful english dictionary

• hackney — ► NOUN (pl. hackneys) chiefly historical 1) a light horse with a high stepping trot, used in harness. 2) a horse drawn vehicle kept for hire. ORIGIN probably from Hackney in East London, where horses were pastured …   English terms dictionary

• vehicle identification number — n. A unique seventeen digit number that identifies any given motor vehicle. abbrv. VIN The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• Hackney Wick — infobox UK place official name= Hackney Wick map type= Greater London region= London country= England london borough= Hackney constituency westminster= Hackney South and Shoreditch post town= LONDON postcode area= E postcode district= E9,E15 dial …   Wikipedia

• vehicle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Conveyance Nouns 1. vehicle, machine, conveyance, equipage, turnout, cart, rig, car, wagon. See passage, travel, transportation. 2. (animalor human drawn vehicle) a. carriage, coach, chariot, chaise,… …   English dictionary for students

• hackney coach — noun a carriage for hire • Syn: ↑hackney, ↑hackney carriage • Hypernyms: ↑carriage, ↑equipage, ↑rig • Hyponyms: ↑four wheeler, ↑remi …   Useful english dictionary

• Vehicle tracking system — A vehicle tracking system combines the installation of an electronic device in a vehicle, or fleet of vehicles, with purpose designed computer software at least at one operational base to enable the owner or a third party to track the vehicle s… …   Wikipedia

• Vehicle for hire — A vehicle for hire is a vehicle providing shared transportation, which transports one or more passengers between locations of the passengers choice (or close to it).Vehicles for hire can be distinguished from conventional modes of public… …   Wikipedia

• hackney cab — noun a) Originally a carriage pulled by a hackney horse, available for public hire. b) Currently a motorised vehicle available for public hire a modern implementation of the original horse drawn function. See Also: cab …   Wiktionary

• Vehicle — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vehicle >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vehicle vehicle conveyance carriage caravan van Sgm: N 1 wagon wagon waggon wain dray cart lorry GRP: N 2 …   English dictionary for students