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Definition of "vanpool" []

  • An arrangement by which commuters travel together in a van. (noun)
  • To transport or be transported in a vanpool. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "vanpool" in a sentence
  • "• Investing $455 million in the next two years in energy-reducing transportation projects such as vanpool vehicles and high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, energy-efficiency projects and green buildings."
  • "This nifty employee benefit enables you to pay for commuting-related expenses, such as public transportation costs (think: bus, subway, train, ferry, bicycle and vanpool expenses), as well as parking (either near public transportation or at work)...with pre-tax dollars."
  • "User fees will cover the cost of operating the facilities, which would be available by reservation to commuters and casual users as well as vanpool and vanshare programs."