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common carrier
noun as in transport or telecommunications company
Example Sentences
Twitter is for all practical purposes a “common carrier,” providing its service to all comers.
And the same goes for any other common carrier—the railroads, bus service, and airlines.
They intend to make the lightning a domestic slave in every house, and to turn Ariel into a common carrier.
That's common-carrier while the Fair Grounds isn't running up there.
That's common carrier too, but with one terminal in Mob Territory.
We don't make any profit on common-carrier service, the rates are too low, but we owe it to the public that supports us.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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