Sentence examples for cab owner from inspiring English sources

A commission system, in which the cab company or private cab owner splits the day's take with the driver, would also tend to make cab companies far more picky about whom they hire.

The cab owner also pays a monthly fee for the modem's cellular connection and a fee for each transaction -- 25 cents plus 1.53percentt of the amount charged on Visa and MasterCard.

"It may be truck drivers making deliveries outside hours, or taxi drivers who are working for a company and want to keep all the payments for themselves rather than splitting it with the cab owner," said Curry.

I drove a taxi under a commission system in Michigan for two years and saw this firsthand: when the owner's income is tied to the ability of his drivers, you can bet that a cab owner will interview a prospective hire until he's sure he's dealing with a stable, hard-working person who knows the streets and won't waste valuable shift time driving around lost.

Becker (John Douglas Thompson) is the dignified cab owner trying to save his crumbling building from urban renewal.

Sean Carney said testimony later in the preliminary hearing will show that a cab owner sold the car, which was eventually purchased by Abdulwali.

But not all livery cab owners supported the proposal.

Mr. Schenkman said many cab owners cannot afford to convert vehicles because the costs are prohibitive.

Some yellow cab owners fired back at the livery drivers' protests.

The fare increase, however, seems to have broader support among drivers and cab owners.

In some cases, cab owners receive a cut, although drivers almost invariably do not.