See Also: omnibus(dictionary)
Omnibus(tourism)
Omnibus Proxy(money)
Omnibus account(money)
Omnibus account(finance)
Omnibus proxy(finance)
omnibus 1, noun(dictionary)
omnibus 2, adjective(dictionary)
Consolidated Omnibus Budget(law)

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omnibus noun, adjective, & verb. E19.
[French, also voiture omnibus carriage for all (Latin omnibus dat. pl. of omnis all): cf. BUS noun.]
A. noun. Pl. -buses, *-busses, (chiefly joc.) -bi .
A large public road vehicle for carrying numerous passengers, running on a fixed route; a bus. Now chiefly formal or Hist. (esp. with ref. to a horse-drawn vehicle of this kind). E19.
the man on the Clapham omnibus: see CLAPHAM 2.
A publication containing a variety of items; esp. = omnibus volume below. E19.
A waiter's assistant who clears tables etc. Cf. busboy s.v. BUS noun. L19.
b. adjective. Esp. of a legislative bill: relating to, covering, or containing numerous disparate or unrelated items. M19.
Special collocations & comb.: omnibus-bar = busbar s.v. BUS noun. omnibus book = omnibus volume below. omnibus box Hist. a large theatre box allocated to a considerable number of subscribers. omnibus edition, omnibus programme an edition of a radio or television serial containing all the week's episodes. omnibus train: stopping at all the stations on a route. omnibus volume an economically priced volume containing several reprinted works by a single author or stories etc. of a similar kind.
C. verb. Infl. -s-, -ss-.
verb intrans. & trans. Travel or convey by omnibus. M19.
verb trans. Publish an omnibus edition of (an author). M20.