1. (noun)transportation system, transportation, transit a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
2. (noun)transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance the act of moving something from one location to another
3. (noun)fare, transportation the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
4. (noun)Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
5. (noun)transportation, shipping, transport the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
6. (noun)exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation 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"