carrier Význam & definícia

Význam carrier v slovenčine

• 0 a person or thing that carries something

  • an armoured troop-carrier

  • a freight carrier

• 1 a company that provides mobile phone services to people so they can make calls, send messages, etc.:

  • You can transfer your existing mobile phone number to a new carrier.

  • Only your carrier limits the number of characters you can receive in text messages.

  • People are willing to change phone carriers in order to save a few dollars.

  • They used the new high-speed data networks that cell phone carriers had built.

  • The company is one of Japan's biggest mobile phone carriers.

• 2 a large plastic or paper bag with handles, used to carry things that you have bought, especially one given to you in a shop

• 3 someone who does not suffer from a disease but has the infection or genetic fault that causes it and can give the disease to someone else:

  • There are an estimated 1.5 million HIV carriers in the country.

• 4 a person or thing that carries or delivers something:

  • She’s got a job as a letter carrier.

• 5 a person who can give a disease to other people but may not show any signs of having the disease

• 6 a company that transports goods or people from one place to another:

  • The company loses fewer drivers because it is a shorter-haul carrier whose drivers are typically away overnight rather than weeks on end.

  • Sioux Railway is the ninth largest rail carrier in the nation.

• 7 a company that operates aircraft:

  • The Dallas-based carrier will offer same-plane service with one or more stops to 27 cities.

  • Etihad Airways is Abu Dhabi's national carrier.

  • low-cost/low-fare/no-frills carrier

• 8 a company or organization that provides insurance:

  • The company will pay $2 million of the settlement, with the rest from its insurance carrier and other parties.

• 9 a company that provides a communications service such as a phone, television, or internet service:

  • Number portability allows you to transfer your existing cell phone number to a new carrier.

  • a mobile/mobile phone/cellphone carrier

  • In 1984 AT&T became the largest long-distance carrier.