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carpool
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car·pool  (kärpl)
n. also car pool
1. An arrangement whereby several participants or their children travel together in one vehicle, the participants sharing the costs and often taking turns as the driver.
2. A group, as of commuters or parents, participating in a carpool.
v. also car-pool car·pooled, car·pool·ing, car·pools
v.intr.
To travel in a carpool.
v.tr.
To transport by means of a carpool: carpool the children to school.

carpooler n.
Translations
carpool
n
(= people)Fahrgemeinschaft f
(= vehicles)Fuhrpark m
vieine Fahrgemeinschaft bilden (with mit)


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Abu Dhabi/Dubai: Now that car-pooling has become legal in Dubai, residents who do not own cars, feel more comfortable hitching a ride with co-workers and friends rather than using public transport.
According to Rideshare, the average commuter who drives a vehicle that gets 25 miles per gallon can save $1,689 per year by car-pooling regularly with just one other person.
But McClintock said many people in the lanes aren't really car-pooling, they just happen to have a second person in their car.
 
 
 
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