bus

Universal Words noun, verb noun (plural buses, AmE also busses) a large road vehicle that carries passengers, especially one that travels along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off: Shall we walk or go by bus? * A regular bus service connects the train station with the town centre. * a bus company / driver * a school bus compareCOACH seealsoBUSLANE, BUSSHELTER, BUSSTATION, BUSSTOP, MINIBUS, TROLLEYBUS verb (-s- or -ss-) [VN] 1 ~ sb (from / to...) to transport sb by bus: We were bussed from the airport to our hotel. 2 (AmE) to transport young people by bus to another area so that students of different races can be educated together 3 (AmE) to take the dirty plates, etc. off the tables in a restaurant, as a job: He buses tables to help finance his tuition.