taxi rank

taxi rank
a) An area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers.

Getting of the train he made his way to the taxi rank.

b) The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up.

Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case.


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  • taxi rank — taxi ranks N COUNT A taxi rank is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example at an airport or outside a station. [BRIT] (in AM, use taxi stand) …   English dictionary

  • taxi rank — also taxi stand AmE n a place where taxis wait for customers American Equivalent: cabstand …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • taxi rank — taxi ,rank noun count BRITISH a TAXI STAND …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • taxi rank — (N. Amer. taxi stand) ► NOUN ▪ a place where taxis park while waiting to be hired …   English terms dictionary

  • taxi rank — noun a place where taxis park while awaiting customers in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a taxi rank • Syn: ↑cabstand, ↑taxistand • Hypernyms: ↑stand * * * taxi rank or (US) taxi stand …   Useful english dictionary

  • taxi rank — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms taxi rank : singular taxi rank plural taxi ranks British a place where taxis wait for customers …   English dictionary

  • taxi rank — (N. Amer. taxi stand) noun a place where taxis park while waiting to be hired …   English new terms dictionary

  • taxi rank — also taxi stand noun (C) BrE a place where taxis wait to be hired; cabstand AmE …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • taxi rank — A British term for a taxi stand …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • taxi rank — /ˈtæksi ræŋk/ (say taksee rangk) noun a place in the street reserved for taxicabs to stand awaiting passengers. Also, cab rank …  

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