Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An arrangement whereby several participants or their children travel together in one vehicle, the participants sharing the costs and often taking turns as the driver.
- noun A group, as of commuters or parents, participating in a carpool.
- intransitive verb To travel in a carpool.
- intransitive verb To transport by means of a carpool.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
arrangement whereby several people travel together in the samecar in order to savecosts , reducepollution etc. - noun The group of people who participate in such a pool.
- verb To travel together in such a pool.
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Examples
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There are multiple layers of issues that are triggered by the word 'carpool.'
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A carpool is customized single-route transit system.
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Jimbo: A carpool is customized single-route transit system.
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But a carpool is effectively a single-route transit system, which runs only once per day.
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But a carpool is effectively a single-route transit system, which runs only once per day.
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LYNN LOPES, CARPOOL COMMUTER: The carpool is a great situation for us.
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- so we carpool, which is fine, except for times like this, b/c mr. delagar is not known for answering his cell phone.
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- so we carpool, which is fine, except for times like this, b/c mr. delagar is not known for answering his cell phone.
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For the visitor tired of Disneyland and freeways, a FoLAR "carpool" tour will take you to parts of LA you'd never normally see, or you can walk or hire a bike to ride beside the river where it's been "greened", such as the stretch adjacent to Griffith Park.
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010
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As you may know, until recently, "carpool" cars, that is, cars with three or more occupants
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