From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F.
transportation.]
1. The act of transporting, or the state of being
transported; carriage from one place to another; removal;
conveyance.
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To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir
H. Wotton.
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2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transportation
n 1: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
for the movement of passengers or goods [syn:
transportation system, transportation, transit]
2: the act of moving something from one location to another
[syn: transportation, transport, transfer,
transferral, conveyance]
3: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn:
fare, transportation]
4: the United States federal department that institutes and
coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
[syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation,
DoT]
5: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials [syn:
transportation, shipping, transport]
6: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in
exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony";
"the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one
of transportation for life" [syn: exile, deportation,
expatriation, transportation]