taxi
noun
[ ˈtaksi ]
• a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter.
• "I'll take a taxi from the air terminal"
taxi
verb
• (of an aircraft) move slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing.
• "the plane taxied to a halt at the terminal"
• take a taxi as a means of transport.
• "I would taxi home and sleep till eight"
Origin:
early 20th century: abbreviation of taxicab or taximeter cab (see taximeter).
