2syllables
busing
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Definitions ofbusing
1verb
- To transport via a motor bus.
- To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
- To travel by bus.
- (food service) To clear meal remains from.
Example: "He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out."
- (food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
Example: "He’s been bussing for minimum wage."
1noun
- The transportation of schoolchildren, by bus, to schools in other neighbourhoods in order to alleviate social inequalities or to achieve racial integration.
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