taxi rank
An area reserved for taxi cabs to await customersAn area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers.
» The taxi rank extended to the next block.
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2 sensesAn area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers.
Getting off the train he made his way to the taxi rank.
(UK)The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up.
Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case.
- a place where taxis park while awaiting customers
Examples
2 sentencesThe taxi rank extended to the next block.
There's a taxi rank beside the station post office.
deNeben dem Bahnhofspostamt gibt es einen Taxistand. — al_ex_an_der
Forms
plural: taxi ranks| Singular | taxi rank |
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regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- a place where taxis park while awaiting customers:cabstandtaxistand
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.