public mover
- noun
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empresa de mudanzas
- We hired a public mover to handle our relocation across town.
Examples
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The public mover arrived early to begin packing up the office furniture.
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Choosing a reliable public mover made our move much less stressful.
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We hired a public mover for our relocation.
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The public mover arrived on time.
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We hired a public mover to transport our furniture to the new house.
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The public mover provided all the necessary packing materials for our move.
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After researching various options, we chose a public mover with great reviews for our office relocation.
Synonyms
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2.9
A person or company that delivers letters and packages
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A person or company that helps people take their things to a new home
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A business that takes people's or companies' things to a new place
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A person who moves furniture and other belongings to another place
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A business that moves furniture and boxes for people or businesses to a new place
A company that moves furniture and boxes for people and businesses to a new place
A person or company that helps someone move to a new place
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'public' (for or available to the general public) modifying 'mover' (a company or person who moves goods), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a mover that serves the public. This follows a common adjective + noun pattern and is cross-linguistically regular, although there may be minor ambiguity about whether it implies government-run or commercial service, the basic sense remains transparent.
Etymology
Public mover comes from joining public, meaning 'for everyone', and mover, a person who carries furniture and boxes. So imagine someone who moves things for the public, and that image shows why the term means 'a company that moves household or business possessions from one place to another'.