Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation high-occupancy vehicle
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- noun
High-occupancy vehicle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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While I personally don't really care if it's light rail or BRT (okay, I prefer BRT - it's cheaper and easier to make changes to), it's not just a matter of making it easier for buses to get across (which would be good - people are more likely to take buses if they're not getting caught up in HOV traffic), it's also good for jobs.
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Fix the left to right to left again HOV lane fiasco we have
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But in the case of Hovnanian Enterprises HOV, which is up 20% in the same period, investors may have gotten carried away.
Home Builder Stuck in the Basement Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal 2012
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The bus driver is on I-75 one road basically all night long, gets to Atlanta and there's something called the HOV, high occupancy vehicle lane.
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We still have to deal with the westbound, where there's other evidence that have to be looked at of panels that have been compromised, and the HOV, which is a high-speed lane, as well.
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Hi, It's funny you should call the HOV - high occupancy vehicle - lane a commuter lane, because there are so many commuters stuck in traffic in the other lanes who would love to be allowed in.
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Mr. O'Toole calls HOV lanes "fampool lanes" - because family size alone typically determines the number of people in any particular car at any particular time.
Word Spy 2008
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Many large cities have what is known as the HOV lane (high occupancy vehicle) to encourage drivers to commute to work.
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HOV lanes need to be very distinctly marked, and those lanes should have either an arrow pointing down saying "HOV," high occupancy vehicle, or they should have diamonds or both.
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The THINK EV-Ready Cities Index takes into account purchase and usage incentives - such as HOV lane access and infrastructure support - for electric vehicles as well as market fit, which includes factors such as hybrid sales, traffic congestion, EPA non-attainment zone status (air quality), and potential lower-carbon energy sources for vehicle recharging.
Autoblog Green 2010
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