What does “taxi” mean?
taxi
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A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you from one place to another. You don't own it — you just use it when you need a ride somewhere.
So like, imagine you're at the airport with heavy bags and your friend can't pick you up. You go outside, wave your hand, and a taxi stops for you. You get in and say "Can you take me to downtown, please?" The driver takes you there, and at the end you pay the price shown on a little screen called a meter.
You can also use it as a verb for planes — like when a plane is moving slowly on the ground before it flies, pilots say the plane is "taxiing." But in everyday life, taxi almost always means that paid ride car.
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