Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Amtrak en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæmˌtɹæk/

Etymology

Coined circa 1971; blend of American + track.

Meanings

  1. (US) A US passenger railway (incorporated as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation).
    • Its pitifully small appropriation of $40 million already gone, Amtrak has asked Congress for another $170 million to keep the trains running through mid-1973. 1971, “Give the trains a chance”, in Life, page 42:
    • The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen. 1999, Bernd Schmitt, Experiential marketing, page 39:
    • Trains are fuller under Amtrak, but it is thought to be largely because there are fewer trains. 1969, School Mathematics Study Group, Studies in mathematics, volumes 19-20, page 8: