{"id":2254,"date":"2015-03-04T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2015-03-30T15:44:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T20:44:18","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-word-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/04\/the-meaning-of-the-word-taxi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of the Word &#8220;Taxi&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is National &#8220;discover what your name means day&#8221;, so in proper spirit of this holiday we are sharing with you the meaning of the word &#8220;Taxi&#8221;. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>The name \u201ctaxi\u201d is has been shortened from \u201ctaxicab\u201d, which is derived from the two words: \u201ctaximeter\u201d and \u201ccabriolet\u201d. The taximeter was invented in 1891 and is used to record distances and calculate the fare. Cabriolet refers to a horse drawn carriage where the driver stands in the back of the carriage. The name \u201ctaximeter\u201d itself is derived from the Mid-Latin \u201ctaxa\u201d, meaning \u201ctax or charge\u201d. The first documented use of the word \u201ctaxicab\u201d was in March of 1907 in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is National &#8220;discover what your name means day&#8221;, so in proper spirit of this holiday we are sharing with you the meaning of the word &#8220;Taxi&#8221;. Enjoy! The name \u201ctaxi\u201d is has been shortened from \u201ctaxicab\u201d, which is derived from the two words: \u201ctaximeter\u201d and \u201ccabriolet\u201d. The taximeter was invented in 1891 and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2257,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}