What is the meaning of transportation?

noun

• A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.
  • synonyms: transportation system, transit
• The act of moving something from one location to another.
  • synonyms: transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance
• The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance.
  • synonyms: fare
• The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966.
  • synonyms: Department of Transportation, DoT
• The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials.
  • synonyms: shipping, transport
• The act of expelling a person from their native land.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: exile, deportation, expatriation