common carrier n. - an individual, a company or a public utility (like municipal buses) which is in the regular business of transporting people and/or freight.

common carrier n. - an individual, a company or a public utility (like municipal buses) which is in the regular business of transporting people and/or freight. freight n. - Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo. Packets are neither classified as people nor freight.