private carrier — a carrier who operates under a particular contract in each case and who may choose whether to accept or reject any request to carry. In the absence of a special term in the contract, a private carrier probably has no lien over the goods of a… … Law dictionary
private carrier — ➔ carrier * * * private carrier UK US noun [C] ► TRANSPORT a company that uses its vehicles or aircraft to transport only its own goods, and not the goods of other companies → Compare COMMON CARRIER(Cf. ↑common carrier) … Financial and business terms
Private carrier — A private carrier provides transportation or delivery of goods or services for a single entity, often a corporation; usually that entity s primary business is not transportation but rather something else. For example, the Wegmans grocery store… … Wikipedia
private carrier — noun : a carrier of passengers or goods who does not hold himself out for public employment so as to be legally a common carrier … Useful english dictionary
private carrier — See carrier … Big dictionary of business and management
private carrier by motor vehicle — A carrier who is neither a common carrier or a contract carrier by motor vehicle but which transports property of which it is the owner, lessee, or bailee for the purpose of sale, rent, or bailment, or in furtherance of a commercial enterprise.… … Ballentine's law dictionary
carrier — car·ri·er n 1: an individual or entity engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire by land, water, or air; specif: common carrier 2: an insurer that assumes the risks of a policy that it issues to a policyholder Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
carrier — car‧ri‧er [ˈkæriə ǁ ər] noun [countable] TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS a person or company whose job is to transport goods from one place to another: • national carriers like Pickfords, with their own warehouses and regular clientele • the American… … Financial and business terms
private — pri·vate adj 1 a: intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person or group or class of persons: not available to the public a private park b: not related to, controlled by, or deriving from the state a private school 2 a: owned by or … Law dictionary
carrier — Individual or organization engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire. Carrier means any person engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by land, as a common, contract, or private carrier, or freight forwarder as those… … Black's law dictionary
