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taxi

A1Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈtæksi/US /ˈtæksi/
noun

a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have meters that show how much money you have to pay.

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Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)
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when I was a little boy I knew for sure that I wanted to be a taxi driver.

Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)

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