private ambulance
A privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient…A privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.
Meaning
3 senses(UK)A privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.
(UK, broadly)Any vehicle which is not a hearse that is used to transport dead bodies for legitimate reasons.
(UK)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, ambulance.
Origin
From private + ambulance, due to such vehicles being privately-owned, rather than under thFrom private + ambulance, due to such vehicles being privately-owned, rather than under the ownership of the UK's National Health Service.
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Forms
plural: private ambulances| Singular | private ambulance |
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See also
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