Taxi
A taxi generally is a form of transport where one pays for conveyance. This sense of the word is a shortened form of "taximeter". A passenger pays the amount of money shown in the meter, or in some cases he pays a flat fee.
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Transport
- A public transport vehicle: see taxicab and bush taxi.
- An air taxi (charter jet) is a bizjet.
- A water taxi is a small boat that transports passengers on water.
- A verb describing the movement of an aircraft on the ground. Usually this is between runways, or between a hangar or terminal and a runway. The paved surfaces on which aircraft taxi are called taxiways.
Television
- Taxi, an American television comedy starring Judd Hirsch, Andy Kaufman and Danny DeVito that aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC.:
Movies
- Taxi written by Luc Besson and directed by Gérard Pirès in 1998.
- Taxi 2 directed by Gérard Krawczyk in 2000.
- Taxi 3 directed by Gérard Krawczyk in 2003.
- Taxi - a 2004 movie starring Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifa (a US remake of Luc Besson's 1998 film).
Music
- "Taxi" - song by Harry Chapin
- "Taxi Grab" - song by Jethro Tull
- "Joe le Taxi" - song by Vanessa Paradis
Other Media
- Taxi, a bimonthly Guatemalan fashion, arts and culture magazine started in 2004
Other
- A Romanian pop band -- see Taxi.
- An Australian exclamation, normally heard in pubs, clubs and bars following an act of discoordination (i.e. spilling drinks or breaking glasses). Suggesting that the uncoordinated party should probably be put in a taxi and sent home immediately.
- Crazy Taxi and its sequels are a video game series in which players receive money and/or points for picking up passengers and delivering them on time to their destinations and performing stunts such as weaving through traffic, jumping off objects such as buildings, and speeding.
- An international multidisciplinary design network and photo service.
- A chocolate bar.
Etymology
The word taxi comes from Thurn und Taxis, a noble german family which had the monopoly of German Empire's mail system from 1490 to 1867. Their italian ancestor was named "Torriani" like Torre and had a badger (Italian = tasso) as coat of arms. The tower (Italian = torre) became Thurn and the badger (Italian = tasso) became the name Taxis.
Taximeter is the official name for the device which measures the distance travelled and time taken in order to calculate the price to be charged for the journey. The name comes from Greek metron = "measure".
Contrast with
Taxis (singular) -- an oriented locomotion in a gradient, usually of simple organisms (chemotaxis, magnetotaxis, ...). The word taxis arose as Greek for "arrangement", from the verb tassein.
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