Meaning & use
livery conveyance
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Meanings
nouncountablelegallaw
a vehicle, such as a taxi, bus, or hired car, that is used to carry passengers for payment.
Grammar: Countable: 'a livery conveyance,' 'livery conveyances.' It appears mainly in legal, insurance, and official documents.
Patterns
- a livery conveyance
- operate a livery conveyance
- use something as a livery conveyance
The insurance policy does not cover damage that happens while the car is used as a livery conveyance.
Under the old rules, a livery conveyance had to display a license plate and follow fixed fares.
Drivers who turn their private cars into livery conveyances must buy commercial insurance.
nouncountablelegallawold-fashioned
in law, a vehicle kept for hire to the public, especially one that is not a private carriage.
Grammar: Often used in the plural in statutes and contracts: 'livery conveyances.'
Patterns
- livery conveyances
- license a livery conveyance
- a livery conveyance for hire
The statute lists taxis and other livery conveyances separately from private vehicles.
A court had to decide whether the boat counted as a livery conveyance for hire.
Older contracts often mention livery conveyances when they set out insurance duties.
Word forms
| plural | livery conveyances |
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Common combinations
- operate a livery conveyance
- You need a special permit to operate a livery conveyance in this city.
- used as a livery conveyance
- The van was used as a livery conveyance to take guests to the airport.
- livery conveyance insurance
- Livery conveyance insurance costs more than a standard policy for a private car.
- license a livery conveyance
- The council must license a livery conveyance before it can pick up passengers.
Synonyms and how they differ
- public conveyance
- Broader and older; it can include trains and ferries as well as road vehicles.
- for-hire vehicle
- More modern and common in everyday and business writing, especially for cars and vans.
Opposites
Word family
- livery noun
- a special uniform, or the business of keeping and hiring vehicles.
- conveyance noun
- a vehicle, or the act of carrying someone or something.
Commonly confused: livery conveyance or livery?
livery conveyance vs livery
On its own, 'livery' usually means a uniform or a stable for horses. 'Livery conveyance' is the full legal phrase for a vehicle for hire.
Practice
The policy states that the car is not covered when it is used as a ______.
Choose one answer.
'Livery conveyance' is the correct legal term for a vehicle used to carry passengers for payment. 'Livery stable' is a place for horses, 'delivery conveyance' is not the standard phrase, and 'convenience vehicle' is not a real term.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “livery conveyance”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.