minibuses

Noun

minibus (plural minibuses or minibusses)

1. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
   • Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 157

   Synonyms:

   jitney

2. (South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
   • Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, 14, p.6

   Synonyms:

   kombi

3. (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.
4. (US) A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
   • The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.2020 July 25, Danielle Haynes, “House passes 4-bill spending package”, in UPI