countable noun. A taxi stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station. [mainly US]regional note: in BRIT, usually use taxi rank.
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A taxicab stand (also called taxi rank, cab stand, taxi stand, cab rank, or hack stand) is a queue area on a street or on private property where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers.
Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle (FHV) relief stands allow drivers to park and leave their vehicles for up to one hour. NYC DOT maintains and installs taxi and FHV relief stands.
Examples from the Collins CorpusI was escorted to the taxi stand to continue the rest of my journey. The station features locked bicycle parking, a taxi stand, and 544 parking spaces. It has a railway station, bus stand, taxi stand and some big and small markets.
The taxicab is named after the taximeter, an instrument invented by Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891 that automatically recorded the distance traveled and/or the time consumed, thus enabling the fare to be accurately measured. The term cab derives from the cabriolet, a two-wheeled, one-horse carriage often let out for hire.
Medallion (yellow) cabs are concentrated in the borough of Manhattan, but can be hailed anywhere throughout the five boroughs of New York City and may be hailed with a raised hand or by standing at a taxi stand.
Taxi drivers, also called cabdrivers or cabbies, use a meter to calculate the fare when a passenger requests a destination. Many customers request a cab by calling a central dispatcher who then tells the taxi driver the pickup location.
To order a cab, you can say, May I book a taxi at (time)? or When is the soonest I could book a taxi for? After you receive the answer, you will be asked about the location where the driver should pick you up and the destination point where the driver will need to drop you off.
Uber customers typically get where they are going faster or cheaper than they would by taxis. Partygoers can rely on being able to find available Uber drivers through their apps late at night. The combination of Uber and expanding online grocery delivery is making it more practical to live without a car.