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bus captain en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bʌs ˈkaptɪn/ (Singapore)

Etymology

From bus + captain.

Meanings

1. (Singapore) A bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.
   • Go-Ahead Singapore, the country’s fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains by about 4.6 per cent, in a move that comes on the back of recent pay hikes announced by two of its rivals. 2016, Kenneth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore) 1 July (Online)
   • This includes an annual wage supplement and a year-end annual variable bonus in place of the initial ex-gratia and sign-on bonuses given to Chinese bus captains on two-year contracts like the one He was on. 2013, Jeanette Tan, Yahoo! News:
   • There is hardly any justification for a fare hike just to pay for and retain the bus captains, which was what SBS's Mrs Cheng had used as a justification. 2001, Sintercom, Not ST Forum: Bus fare hike, Google Groups
   • The bus captain informed her that the journey cost $1.60. 2011, Ruth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore), page 13:
   • The 34-year-old started his training to be a bus captain in February and has been driving with SBS Transit since April this year. 2017, Zhaki Abdullah, Straits Times:

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