taxis

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The streets are rustic, the houses modest and colorful, and the taxis are also cheap once you've done enough walking and are ready for a beer downtown.

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  1. noun Biology The responsive movement of a free-moving organism or cell toward or away from an external stimulus, such as light.
  2. noun Medicine The moving of a body part by manipulation into normal position, as after a dislocation, fracture, or hernia.

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  • This database includes detailed information about public operators (both urban and rural), accessible taxis, airport transportation, and hotel shuttle services. —  Fred's Head from APH
  • We took a bunch of taxi rides over the three days, and discovered that the taxis are equipped with touchscreen credit-card payment systems. —  Pogue's Posts
  • But in the other half of the taxis, the tip buttons say $2, $3 and $4. —  Pogue's Posts
  • All of the taxis are licensed by either Antalya City Council or Alanya, Belek, Side, —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Hired forms of transport include unmetered taxis, and, in urban areas,
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  1. Greek, arrangement, from tassein, tag-, to arrange.

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  1. = French taxis, from Greek τάξις, an orderly arrangement, order, from τάσσ, σ1ειν, set in order, arrange: see tactic.
 

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/ˈtæksɪs/
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