Taxigate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (informal) A 2005 scandal in which David McLetchie, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, was found to have claimed thousands of pounds in taxi expenses, some for party business rather than parliament business.
Etymology
Suffix from English taxi.
Origin
English
taxi
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- robotaxi English
- taxi English
- taxibus English
- taxicab English
- taxifare English
- taxiless English
- taxilike English
- taximan English
- taxiplane English
- taxiway English
- taksi Finnish
- taxiën Dutch, Flemish
- taximètre French
- такси Russian
- taxi Norwegian Bokmål
- タクシー Japanese
- taxi Norwegian Nynorsk
- tacsaí Irish
- टैक्सी Hindi
- แท็กซี่ Thai
- taksi Cebuano
- tacsi Welsh
- టాక్సీ Telugu
- tagsaidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- taksee Manx
- taxi Norman
- такси Bulgarian
- တက္ကစီ Burmese
- טאַקסי Yiddish
- 德司 Chinese
- 的士 Chinese
- teksi Swahili
- ট্যাক্সি Bengali
- tāākji Marshallese
- iteksi Xhosa
- ਟੈਕਸੀ Panjabi, Punjabi
- lithekisi Swati
- tasi Hausa