conveyance

Noun
  1. Document effecting a property transfer (synset 106558624)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
    subtypes: quitclaim, quitclaim deed - document transferring title or right or claim to another
  2. The transmission of information (synset 106263084)
    is a type of: transmission - communication by means of transmitted signals
    subtypes: giving - the imparting of news or promises etc.
    same as: impartation, imparting
  3. Something that serves as a means of transportation (synset 103105141)
    is a type of: instrumentality, instrumentation - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
    subtypes:
    • dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
    • dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
    • horsebox - a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses
    • litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
    • mail - a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
    • public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
    • roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination
    • cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels, shipping - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
    • sidecar - conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle
    • lift, ski lift, ski tow - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
    • telfer, telpher - one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage
    • trailer - a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor
    • aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
    • vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects
    same as: transport
  4. Act of transferring property title from one person to another (synset 101110307)
    is a type of: transfer, transference - transferring ownership
    subtypes: delivery, legal transfer, livery - the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
    same as: conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
  5. The act of moving something from one location to another (synset 100316812)
    is a type of: movement - the act of changing the location of something
    subtypes:
    • transshipment - the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment
    • airlift, lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
    • connection, connexion - shifting from one form of transportation to another
    • bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
    • drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland
    • carry - the act of carrying something
    • lighterage - the transportation of goods on a lighter
    • relocation, resettlement - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
    • teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
    has: pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
    same as: transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

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