E-hail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: E-hail is a noun meaning The use of an Internet service to hail a taxi or book a ride in a private car on demand.
Meaning
The use of an Internet service to hail a taxi or book a ride in a private car on demand.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To hail a vehicle in this way.
Example Sentences
Several e-hail services are available in the city, but Uber and Lyft are the most popular. Once you've signed up, a simple tap will search for a car and track it in real time; you pay with a saved credit card.
Uber began as a premium private car service for San Fran techies. Driven by professional drivers and e-hailed through the proprietary app, Uber town cars were more expensive than a taxi, but cheaper than a limousine; […]
It seems rather likely that MaaS implementation may bring an increase of car-based trips (even if shared or e-hailed), and hence result in more emissions and congestions (Eckhardt et al., 2017). First of all, as underlined by Karlsson et al.
Word Forms
- e-hails
- e-hailing
- e-hailed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include e-taxi, uber, e-health, e-hug, e-hub, hand signal.
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