minibus

noun

Etymology: From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.

1. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.

   “Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.”

2. A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.

   “Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.”

3. A small four-wheeled carriage.
4. A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.

   “The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.”