Noun
black car (plural black cars)
- (London) a black cab, a taxi that is only hailed from the street
- (New York City) a taxi that cannot be hailed from the street, but is called by placing a phone-in request; a call cab, a radio taxi
1998 November 11, “Yellow Cabs and Black Cars: A Quick Lesson”, in New York Times:Today the term "livery car" encompasses a range of private taxis, including car services that serve the working and middle classes, "black cars" that transport businesspeople, commuter vans in Queens and Brooklyn and vans for the disabled.
- (US) A large government SUV with blacked-out windows
- A limousine
- A hearse