"taxi rank" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taxi ranks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "taxi rank (plural taxi ranks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Getting off the train he made his way to the taxi rank."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers."
      ],
      "id": "en-taxi_rank-en-noun-7~hIzQo~",
      "links": [
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "reserved",
          "reserved"
        ],
        [
          "taxi",
          "taxi"
        ],
        [
          "cabs",
          "cabs"
        ],
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ],
        [
          "customer",
          "customer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cab rank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "word": "taxicab stand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "word": "cab stand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "word": "taxi stand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "word": "cab rank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "word": "hack stand"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up."
      ],
      "id": "en-taxi_rank-en-noun-CVqY22ur",
      "links": [
        [
          "barrister",
          "barrister"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cab-rank rule"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "taxi rank"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taxi ranks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "taxi rank (plural taxi ranks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Getting off the train he made his way to the taxi rank."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "reserved",
          "reserved"
        ],
        [
          "taxi",
          "taxi"
        ],
        [
          "cabs",
          "cabs"
        ],
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ],
        [
          "customer",
          "customer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cab rank"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barrister",
          "barrister"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cab-rank rule"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "taxicab stand"
    },
    {
      "word": "cab stand"
    },
    {
      "word": "taxi stand"
    },
    {
      "word": "cab rank"
    },
    {
      "word": "hack stand"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taxi rank"
}