A carrier is a long distance company that uses primarily its own transmission facilities, as opposed to resellers which lease or buy most or all transmission facilities from carriers Many people refer to any type of long distance company, whether it has its own network or not, as a carrier, so the term is not as restrictive as it used to be
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
The representative or senator assigned by the committee chair to explain and speak in favor of a measure on the floor of the House or Senate and to answer questions about it The carrier does not have to be a member of the committee in which the bill was heard If, for example, a particular cepresentative or senator is known to be knowledgeable or interested in a bill's issue, the committee chair, as a courtesy, might ask that member to carry the bill
An individual who possesses one copy of a mutant allele that causes disease only when two copies are present Although carriers not affected by the disease, two carriers can produce a child who has the disease 1
{i} one who ships; one who carries; messanger; thing that carries; aircraft carrier; shipping company; truck; steamship or vessel for carrying goods or transporting passengers; post-office worker who carries mail; person who delivers newspapers on a specific route; person (or animal) who transmits a disease to others but does not suffer from it themselves; signal transmitted over a telephone line when two computers are connected through modems (Computers); telecommunications company
(1) An insurance company which "carries" the insurance (The terms "insurance company" or "insurer" are preferred because of the possible confusion of "carrier" with transportation terminology) (2) In transportation, the trucker, air carrier, ocean steamship company or other entity which moves the goods (See "Contract Carrier)