minibus

noun mini·bus \ -ˌbəs \

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Definition of minibus

: a small bus or van

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Recent Examples of minibus from the Web

The minibuses to be used are wheelchair accessible, all drivers are approved by Pace and the service claims a 95 percent on time performance.

— graydon megan, chicagotribune.com, "Elmhurst committee recommends new senior and disabled ride service," 26 June 2018
Nanyang Technological University is testing a 15 passenger driverless minibus built by French company Navya SAS, which researchers can operate using the autonomous software, or manually via a video-game style handset.

— kyunghee park, Bloomberg.com, "Singapore Built a Dedicated Town for Self-Driving Buses," 4 June 2018
But much of the city and the country shut down as most businesses remained closed because of protests and looting and a general strike on Monday that halted the minibuses and taxis that most Haitians depend on to get to work and school.

— BostonGlobe.com, "General strike, unrest over fuel prices continue in Haiti," 10 July 2018
Gawking pedestrians watched the passing motorcade that included Kim's limousine — a black Mercedes-Benz Maybach with gold emblems on the rear doors — as well as several minibuses and 15 motorcycle police clad in white suits.

— christopher bodeen, chicagotribune.com, "South Korea leader urges denuclearization steps from North," 20 June 2018
Soldiers filled one minibus and two trucks with people before driving them to Kanilai, Jammeh’s home town, according to multiple victims taken on the buses and witnesses who saw them leave.

— sally hayden, Washington Post, "Gambia’s dictator ordered a witch hunt. This village is still haunted by it.," 28 May 2018
In Ghazni province, a roadside bomb exploded under a minibus, and in Jalalabad city, insurgents tried to storm an education building and were shot dead.

— pamela constable, Washington Post, "In remarkable scenes, Taliban fighters join Eid celebrations across Afghanistan as cease-fire begins," 15 June 2018
Walker, played by Zak Resnick, who sells clothes out of his minibus.

— jessica zack, San Francisco Chronicle, "Diane Lane-Viggo Mortensen film ‘A Walk on the Moon’ on the musical stage," 6 June 2018
By Ret Talbot PUBLISHED June 5, 2018 Komang swerves to miss a pothole and then to avoid an oncoming bemo, the ubiquitous minibuses providing public transportation throughout Indonesia.

— National Geographic, "‘Holy Grail' Test for Illegal Cyanide-Caught Aquarium Fish May Be Fatally Flawed," 5 June 2018

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