transportation

Definition

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

Etymology

From transport + -ation.

Example Sentences

• "We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation."
• "Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation."
• "Redpath was sentenced to transportation for life, and his assets, amounting to over £25,000, went to reduce the sum that the Great Northern had to find."