An individual with one normal and one abnormal copy of a pair of genes which cause a genetic disorder. A carrier of a gene for a recessive disorder will usually remain unaffected throughout his or her life but may pass the faulty gene on to offspring. search for Carrier

A healthy individual who has both a normal and an abnormal copy of a pair of genes for a genetic disorder or characteristic. A carrier of a gene for a recessive disorder will usually remain unaffected throughout life.

Someone who's capable of transmitting a disease (especially an infectious or genetic disorder) to another person but who usually has no symptoms of the disease.

A person who does not suffer from a recessive genetic debilitation, but who carries genes for it that can be passed along to offspring.

an animal that harbours a disease-causing organism in its body, and which appears healthy and does not exhibit outwards signs of disease, thus acting as a carrier or distributor of the disease.

A person or animal that harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection.

A person who has one copy of a particular gene mutation, and one copy that is healthy. In autosomal recessive disorders carriers show no symptoms of the disorder, in most cases, because a person must have two copies of the gene mutation for the disorder to be expressed. In X-linked recessive disorders, females are carriers, because they have an healthy allele on their second X chromosome to "protect" them from symptoms of the disease.

A person in apparent good health who harbors a pathogenic microorganism.

A person who has one recessive gene for a recessive genetic disease. Because the person has only one recessive gene, s/he does not have the disease, but can pass the disease gene on to her/his children.

One who can transmit a disease to others.

An individual who carries an infectious agent without manifesting symptoms, yet who can transmit the agent to another individual

Is a person who is infected with an agent that causes a disease who shows no sign of illness. Asymptomatic carriers shed the causative agent, such as a virus or bacteria, and so can pass the disease on to others. The most famous asymptomatic carrier was Mary Mallon, or Typhoid Mary.

Person or animal having a specific infectious agent with no clinical signs of disease but capable of transmitting the agent.

An individual heterozygous for a single recessive gene. Has one normal copy and one mutant allele (copy of the gene).

An individual who possesses a mutant allele but does not express it in the phenotype, either because of a dominant allelic partner or because the mutation is nonpenetrant.

A person who may pass on a condition or hereditary characteristic without suffering from or showing symptoms of it.

An individual who carries a allele of a gene associated with a disease.  In many cases, the carrier may not actually have the disease associated with the version of they gene they carry, even though they may pass it on to their offspring.

Any animal or person who harbors disease-causing bacteria in the body without having noticeable symptoms. A carrier can transmit the bacteria to other persons through direct contact or through food.

A person who carries an infectious agent but shows no symptoms of infection.

A person who harbors an infectious disease (such as hepatitis) without any clinical signs of it and is a potential source of infection.

An individual that has a gene or genes for a particular trait, but does not exhibit that trait.

An individual who has one copy (allele) of a disease-causing gene. Carriers do not usually express the condition caused by the recessive allele, but can pass it on to their offspring. Examples: A carrier for cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anemia.

An individual who has a disease-causing gene mutation on one chromosome of a pair, and a normal version of the gene on the other. Usually refers to unaffected carriers of recessive conditions. An individual who has a balanced chromosome translocation.

A person who has one out of two genes for an inheritable condition, without being affected by the condition.

Individuals with one abnormal gene in their gene pair. These individuals do not show evidence of the disorder.

a person or animal that harbors a specific infectious agent and serves as a potential source of infection, yet does not manifest any clinical signs of disease

A person who has an infection and can transmit the infection to another without knowledge of symptoms or infection.

An individual who has one faulty gene, which codes for a genetic disease, and one normal allele. Usually implies a carrier of a recessive disease (e.g. cystic fibrosis) who will remain unaffected throughout life.

A person who has inherited one mutant allele and one normal allele, which masks the presence of the mutant allele. They generally have no outward manifestations of the mutant allele. They may pass on either allele to offspring (Ford, 1997).

does not have the disorder but, because he or she has a defective gene, can pass it on to his or her children.

A person who has both a healthy gene and an abnormal copy of a pair of genes for a genetic disorder or characteristic. The carrier does not themselves have the trait.

An individual who has a gene mutation for a recessive disease on one allele while the other allele is normally functioning. This individual most often does not develop symptoms of the disease, but is at risk of having a child with the disease if their partner is also a carrier.

A person that has a specific infectious agent and is a potential source of infection. Hepatitis B carriers may never become sick but are able to infect others with the virus.

An individual who carries a single altered gene for a condition where two altered genes are required for an individual to be affected. The carrier can pass on the altered gene to their offspring, who may be affected if they also inherit another altered gene from their other parent. A carrier is a heterozygote for the gene carried.

person with an inapparent infection who sheds pathogens and can therefore transmit disease

person who carries one copy of a disease causing gene, but does not have the actual disease. This person has the potential to pass the disease onto his/her children if the spouse is a carrier as well.

animal that acts as a host for a disease and spreads it to others.

A person who shows no signs of a particular disorder but could pass the gene down to his or her children.

an individual who carries one copy of a defective gene

An animal having disease causing organisms within it and capable of infecting others. It may show no symptoms of the disease itself.

A bearer and transmitter of a agent capable of causing infectious disease. An asympotomatic carrier shows no symptoms of carrying an infectious agent.

A person who possesses one copy of a mutant allele that can cause disease when paired with another mutant allele. Carriers do not have the disease they carry but can give the disease to a child if the other parent is also a carrier.

An individual with a mutant allele which is not expressed in the phenotype because of the presence of a dominant allele.

An individual who has one non-functioning gene for a recessive disorder can transmit that gene to his or her offspring. Carriers most often have no outward manifestations of their condition.

DNA of undefined sequence which is used to ‘carry' genes which are inserted into cells. A plasmid is a type of carrier.

In the context of inherited disease, is a dog which carries a recessive, mutant allele that is matched by the presence of a normal allele. On average, it will pass on this mutant allele to half of its offspring.

A healthy person who is a heterozygote for a recessive trait. Also refers to a person with a balanced chromosomal translocation.

Usually refers to an individual who is heterozygous for a recessive, disease-causing allele. A carrier of such an allele usually shows no symptoms of the disease but can pass the mutant allele on to his or her children. If both parents are carriers, there is a one in four chance that their child will be homozygous for the mutant allele and will be affected by the disease.

CDC defines the term disease carrier as implying "prolonged or indefinite survival, viral excretion, and ability to transmit infection." [Definition given in the Centers for Disease Control MMWR October 25, 2002, 51(42):963 in context of clarifying that bats and other mammals are not carriers of the rabies virus.] Merriam Webster defines a disease carrier as "a bearer and transmitter of a causative agent of an infectious disease; especially one who carries the causative agent of a disease systemically but is immune to it, [or] an individual (as one heterozygous for a recessive) having a specified gene that is not expressed or only weakly expressed in a phenotype.

An individual who possesses a mutant allele but does not express it in the phenotype, because of a dominant allelic partner; thus, an individual of genotype A a is a carrier of if there is complete dominance of over .

A person or animal without apparent disease who harbors a specific infectious agent and is capable of transmitting the agent to others. The carrier state may occur in an individual with an infection that is inapparent throughout its course (known as asymptomatic carrier), or during the incubation period, convalescence, and postconvalescence of an individual with a clinically recognizable disease. The carrier state may be of short or long duration (transient carrier or chronic carrier).

(1) A person of either gender who has inherited a disease-causing autosomal allele from one parent and a normal allele from the other parent. Inheritants of disease-causing alleles from both parents results in an autosomal recessive disease. (2) A female who possesses an allele on one of her X chromosomes (X-linked) which results in disease in males. In most cases, carriers suffer no ill effects from possession of the allele. "Heterozygote" for autosomal recessive or X-linked disorders is a synonym for "carrier." (3) A person who has inherited a single allele which results in an autosomal dominant disease.

A condition where an individual carries a particular non-working recessive gene but also has a working copy as well. This working gene usually prevents the manifestation of symptoms of the disease that the non-working gene causes. Individuals who are carriers can pass either the working or non-working gene (also referred to as a " trait") to their offspring with equal chance.

a person who has one unaltered version of a gene and one version with a recessive mutation; this person is not affected by the mutation. Click here to return to the passage.

a person who is heterozygous for a recessive gene (that is, carries one normal copy and on mutated copy of the same gene); because this individual carries a normal copy of the gene, the recessive mutation will not be expressed. Click here to return to the passage.

A plant or animal that carries a virus or other infective agent without showing symptoms.

dogs which do not exhibit heritable cataracts phenotypically, but carry a single copy of the allele responsible for heritable cataracts; these dogs pass CERF even though they are still capable of producing affected offspring.

An apparently healthy animal which is infected with a pathogenic organism; the carrier can transmit the organism to other animals, which may then develop disease.

A person who has a germ or virus that can cause an STD, including HIV, even though they may have not signs or symptoms. A CARRIER can transmit the germ or virus to someone else through unprotected sex.

An individual who possesses an unexpressed, recessive trait.

A heterozygous individual having one recessive gene and one dominant for a given pair of genes (alleles).

An individual who has a recessive, disease-causing gene mutation at a particular locus on one chromosome of a pair and a normal allele at that locus on the other chromosome; may also refer to an individual with a balanced chromosome rearrangement Related Terms: X-linked recessive ; autosomal recessive ; carrier rate ; carrier testing ; compound heterozygote ; double heterozygote ; heterozygote ; obligate carrier ; obligate heterozygote

Historically, an individual who has one copy of a recessive, disease-causing gene mutation at a particular locus on one chromosome of a pair, and a normal allele at that locus on the other chromosome; may also refer to an individual with a balanced chromosome rearrangement. Current usage also applies this term to individuals who carry a single mutation in a gene such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, which behaves in an autosomal dominant manner within a family.

An individual who does not display the symptoms of a disease, but carries the gene (or genes) for it. A carrier can transmit the disease by passing the abnormal gene (or genes) to offspring. Synonym of heterozygote.

(KARE-ee-er) An individual who does not display the symptoms of a disease, but harbors the pathogen that causes it, or has the gene(s) for it, and can transmit the disease to others either through interacting with other individuals, or by passing the disease-causing gene(s) to offspring

an individual with one mutated gene paired with one normal gene; a carrier of a gene for a recessive disease does not have the disease

a person who has a recessive mutated gene, together with its normal allele. Carriers do not usually develop disease but can pass the mutated gene on to their children.

An organism that bears an infectious agent internally but shows no marked symptoms of the disease caused by that agent. ( 20)

An individual who harbors an infectious agent in his or her body, and can transmit it to others, but exhibits no symptoms of disease.

In genetics, a heterozygous individual who is clinically normal but who can transmit a recessive trait or characteristic; also, a person who is homozygous for an autosomal dominant condition with low penetrance.

a person who harbours and sheds an organism without displaying symptoms of disease.

A person who has both a recessive mutated gene and a normal form of that gene. Carriers don't usually develop the disease associated with the gene mutation, but they can pass the mutation on to their children.

an individual who carries a pathogen or a gene that causes a disease, but does not display symptoms of that diseases. This person may pass on the pathogen or gene thereby infecting another individual.

A person who has a recessive mutated gene and its normal allele. Carriers do not usually develop the disease but can pass the mutated gene to their children. In some cases, a person who is a carrier can develop the disease when his/her normal allele is lost or mutated.

an individual who has inherited an allele, which plays a role in disease, but who also has a normal allele which is a dominant allele. In most cases, carriers suffer no ill-effects from the disease-related allele, however they may pass the allele on to their children.

A person whose body carries a gene with the information that transmits a certain characteristic, but who does not show that characteristic.

A person who is heterozygous for a mutation associated with a genetic disease. Usually, a carrier does not display symptoms of the disease but may pass the mutation on to offspring.

A person in apparent good health who has been infected with an organism and is capable of infecting and/or causing that disease in others. Individuals persistently infected with hepatitis B and C without evidence of liver injury are considered “carriers.

An individual who does not show symptoms of a disease but has the genes for it and can transfer it to his/her child.

An individual who possesses one copy of a mutant allele that causes disease only when two copies are present. Although carriers not affected by the disease, two carriers can produce a child who has the disease.

Someone with both a recessive, mutated gene (which is not expressed) and a normal copy of the gene. Carriers rarely develop diseases, but can pass the mutated gene on to their offspring.

Either the organization that provides communications and networking services or the alternating current that establishes boundaries in which a signal is transmitted.

a person who has a defective gene and a Dominant normal gene and therefore, is normal. (Nn)

Anything that carries and transmits disease whilst not itself being affected by that disease.

one who harbours a disease organism but does not have the symptoms.

A person harboring an infectious disease who may be immune to it but who can give it to others.

A dog who, though not showing any indication of being affected, carries a genetic defect or disease-causing organism that can be passed to other animals.

An individual which carries a recessive allele masked by a dominant. The individual appears normal for a given trait, but carries a gene capable of producing an undesirable trait.

A person who has the hepatitis B, C, or D virus in the blood. A carrier may or may not have symptoms of the disease.

A person who is colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).  The organism may be present in the nares (nose), sputum, urine, an open wound, in the stool or on the skin without clinical manifestations of disease.  A carrier may transmit the organism to another person through direct contact, usually by contact with hands.

a person whoses genetic make-up includes a gene that causes disease, but who does not have the disease

A person who is able to transmit a disease, often without having any symptoms of the disease.

A person who possesses a gene for an abnormal trait without showing signs of the disorder. The person may pass the abnormal gene on to offspring.

An individual heterozygous for a recessive trait.

A person who may harbor an organism without symptoms and may transmit it to others.

a person who has only one copy of a recessive disorder gene with a change in it. The person "carries" the changed gene but shows no symptoms of the disorder. If both parents are carriers, each child has a 1 in 4 chance of inheriting two changed genes and showing the disorder.

Person heterozygous for a recessive gene, male or female for autosomal genes or female for X-linked genes.

A person who has only a single gene for a specific genetic trait. Carriers have no signs of the genetic trait. For example, carriers for CF only have one gene and have no signs or symptoms of the disease.

A person who carries one copy of a mutant allele that can cause disease when paired with another mutant allele. The disease usually doesn't develop in the carrier, but if a carrier reproduces a child with another carrier, their child can develop the disease.

A person who has one copy of the gene mutation for a recessive disorder is called a 'carrier'. Carriers are not affected by the disorder however they can pass on the mutated gene to their children. Children who inherit two such genes may be affected by the disorder. Source : Human Genome Project Information

One who carries and may transmit an infectious agent or genetic defect in the absence of symptoms.

North American term used to refer to a mobile telecommunications company or their network (referred to as Operators elsewhere in the world).

A term synonymous with airline. Each airline is a carrier of passengers and cargo.

A long distance company that uses its own transmission facilities.

Any provider of mass transportation, usually used in reference to an airline.

A private company that has a contract with Medicare to process Part B claims. ( See also Medicare Carrier.)

A company that transports passengers, freight or household goods.

A carrier is a telecommunications company that owns a network on which calls are carried. This could be a landline network (eg. Telstra, Optus) of cables and wires or a mobile network of radio spectrum and transmission towers (eg. Optus, Telstra, Vodafone, Hutchison). The carrier can also sell or lease telecommunications transmission services.

The insurance company who underwrites the insurance policy.

An enterprise engaged in the business of transporting goods.

A transportation line moving freight. Usually a van line, common carrier, rail line, or air carrier. Also see Common Carrier.

1) The insurance company which provides the protection for a particular risk. 2) A transporter of goods, a form of bailee for which insurance is provided. A common carrier is one which is available to the public for the transport of any goods. A private carrier transports only the goods of its owner.

A supplier of transportation services. Also known as a Logistics Provider.

Any company, which connects telephone calls also known as a network provider. E.G.:- BT, Cable & Wireless, NTL

Any company that delivers telecommunications signals or messages for hire.

A company, such as any of the "baby Bell" companies, that provide network communications services, either within a local area or between local areas.

A registered, licensed truck or rail company, which transports merchandise from one point to another. Also called a common carrier.

A rate applicable to a carload of goods.

same as insurance carrier.

Any organization that provides insurance. A carrier may be a company, corporation, association or facility.

Sometimes used to designate the insurer. The term "insurer" is preferred because of the possible confusion of "carrier" with transportation.

An individual or company engaged in transporting goods for profit.

A provider of a wireless cellular telecommunications service.

A private company that has a contract with Medicare to pay your Medicare Part B bills. (See Medicare Part B.)

(1) A telecommunication company that offers its services to the public; typically, a carrier files tariffs that are equally applied to all consumers; (2) a continuously varying electromagnetic signal that carries analog signals such as frequency modulation (FM), amplitude modulation (AM), or digital signals. (AKA: service provider, operator)

The operator/entity who contracts to provide the transport service which may be by rail, road, ship, air, hovercraft or canal. For example it includes the air carrier issuing the Air Waybill and all air carriers that carry or undertake to carry the cargo; thereunder or to perform any other services related to such air carriage.

Company that handles the transport from port to port or airport to airport.

The insurance company that underwrites and issues the insurance policy. The insurance company is said to carry the risk for the policyowner.

A company organized to transport passengers and/or goods.

Private organizations, usually insurance companies, contracting with HCFA to process claims under Part B of Medicare.

the person who collects waste from the premises at which it is being held and transports it to a different place.

A company that signs a contract with the federal government to handle Medicare claims from healthcare providers. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina is a Medicare carrier.

The company or individual responsible for delivering goods from one area to another.

Any person who, in a contract of transportation, undertakes to perform, or to procure at his own responsibility the performance of, transportation by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes. See " multimodal bill of lading" for further discussion.

Any company providing transportation services - such as an airline or a cruise company.

In insurance, another term for insurer, used because the insurance company assumes or carries the risk for its policyowners.

A telecommunications provider who owns switch equipment and telephone infrastructure.

A company that underwrites or administers a range of health benefit programs. May refer to an insurance company or a managed health plan.

A company which operates a broadband network, mainly in Enhanced or Interactive TV.

The insurer to a self-funded plan who agrees to underwrite (carry the risk) and provide certain types of coverage and service. The stop-loss carrier.

An insurance company that assumes a risk is known as the carrier.

Also known as "service provider," the communications company that provide services and plans for wireless phones

A Company providing wireless telecommunications services such as Cingular, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Alltel, Suncom, etc.

A commercial insurer, a government agency or a Blue Cross or Blue Shield plan that underwrites or administers programs that pay for health, life or other insurance services.

A Company providing wireless telecommunications services, using equipment to transmit the frequencies upon which the mobile phone calls, signals and data are carried.

Company that provides telecommunication services.

The insurer who agrees to underwrite the group contract and provide certain types of coverage and service.

The holder of a general telecommunications carrier licence in force under the Telecommunications Act 1997.

A company that provides telephone (or another communication) service. Also, an unmodulated radio signal. See also NONWIRELINE, WIRELINE.

The party hiring out his vessel or the transport capacity of his vessel. The term Carrier is used less in everyday speech; the term shipowner (reder) is used instead.

The interstate moving company providing transportation for your household goods, under whose Department of Transportation registration the shipment is moved.

In the telecommunications and internetworking industry, the term carrier has a specific meaning and refers to any company or corporation that offers to sell electromagnetic or photonic transmission services and that does some of the actual transmitting (called "carrying traffic") through operation of equipment and facilities. If a company does not do any of the actual transmission it is sometimes referred to as "Switchless" or "Reseller."

The Department of Health and Human Services contracts with commercial insurers to process Medicare Part B claims payments. These companies are referred to as carriers.

The company that writes and/or administers an insurance plan.

A party undertaking the transport of goods, e.g. a shipping company.

The transporter of goods and merchandise, such as a railroad, trucker, airline, or steamship line.

A mobile phone operator or provider of telecommunication services that has obtained a radio spectrum license from the government specific to the technology it provides.

is the owner of a mobile phone infrastructure or network.

A company providing telecommunications services. Examples are: Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) or Long Distance Carrier (IEX, for Inter-Exchange Carrier)

The company providing transportation of your household goods.

A company providing transportation for the goods between origin and destination

a telecommunications transmission service provider (ie Telstra)

A long distance telephone company which uses it's own transmission facilities and network lines for the majority of it's customer's calls. Many people refer to any long distance company as a carrier, even if it does not own or operate it own transmission facilities or network. Your local telephone company identifies each long distance Carrier by a unique Carrier Identification Code (CIC). [Back to Glossary Table of Contents

A company which provides communications circuits.

Undertakes the transport of goods on land, water or in the air

A company that supply data/telecom transportation on their own copper cables, fibber-optics, satellite or radio frequencies

An undertaking the purpose of whose business is to carry freight and/or passengers on a commercial basis.

Another name for dental insurance company offering dental insurance coverage to eligible members within the plan.

A telecommunications company that offers communications services to the general public via shared circuits at published tariff rates. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission or various state public-utility commissions regulate common carriers.

REFERS TO THE NAME OF THE AIRLINE YOU ARE TRAVELLING ON

the person or company that transports the goods.

The mover transporting your household goods.

A private organization, usually an insurance company, that has a contract with the Health Care Financing Administration to process claims under Part B (doctor insurance) of Medicare.

An insurance company that actually underwrites and issues the insurance policy. The term is used because the insurance company assumes or carries the risk for policyowners.

An organization, such as an insurance company, that provides or administers programs that arrange for health, dental, life or other insurance services.

In insurance, the party underwriting, issuing, and assuming the risks included in the insurance policy; also known as the insuror.

insurance company or HMO insuring the health plan.

A cat carrying an unexpressed recessive gene that is able to pass that gene on to its offspring. Also can mean a container used to transport cats.

A private company that enters into a contract with Medicare to pay a beneficiary Medicare Part B (health care) bills.

Individual, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers.

A signal on which another, lower-frequency signal is modulated in order to transport the lower-frequency signal to another location.

The insurance company or the one who agrees to pay the losses. The carrier may be organized as a stock or mutual company, a reciprocal exchange, as an association of underwriters or as a state fund.

A company or HMO that provides health care coverage.

he person or company that transports the goods

older name for transporter (q.v.) which appears in some transport protein names.

A company which provides cellular phone service. Per FCC regulations, there are two competing cellular service carriers in each market, called A and B side carriers. Cellcom is a B side carrier.

The insurance company that issues a policy.

Also called "Medicare Carrier." A private company that has a contract with Medicare to process Part B claims.

The external commercial entity responsible for transporting a shipment. Carriers may specialize in small packages, LTL (less-than-truckload), full truckloads (TL), rail, air, or sea.

the mover providing transportation of your household goods.

The insurance company or the one who agrees to pay the losses. The carrier may be organized as a company (either stock, mutual, or reciprocal), or as an Association of Underwriters.

A company with the necessary infrastructure to transmit phone calls.

Usually means Steamship Company, but can also refer to trucking company, airline, or railroad as transporter of cargo.

A health insurance company who provides underwriting for a Health Insurance Policy and backs the provisions of the policy.

Another name for an insurance company, which "carries" the risk loss.

a person engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by land or water (as a common, contract, or private carrier) or by civil aircraft.

(1) A telecommunications network provider ("phone company") which offers connectivity services between geographically separate networks. (2) A single frequency which can be 'modulated', either in amplitude or frequency deviation to carry information. [ Like AM and FM radio

A telephone or other company that sells or rents telecommunication transmission services. A local exchange carrier (LEC) is a local phone company and an inter-exchange carrier (IEC or IXC) carries long-distance calls.

A firm which transports goods or people.

Transportation contractor moving freight (van line, common carrier, rail car, airplane).

A company that deals in the transporting of passengers or goods.

An insurer; an underwriter of risk.

An insurance company which "carries" the insurance.  (The terms "insurance company" or "insurer" are preferred because of the possible confusion of "carrier" with transportation terminology.)

Any individual, company or corporation engaged in transporting goods.

The moving company — either local or long distance.

The underwriting insurance company.

An individual, partnership, or cooperation engaged in the business of transporting goods or persons.

The company that transports goods from one point to another. May be a vessel, airline, trucking company, or railroad.

The insurance company that issues the policy and provides coverage.

A legal entity that is in the business of transporting passengers or goods for hire.

A person, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of transporting goods.

any vessel for transporting materials or people

Definition: The service provider that provides telecommunications services.

Person or company undertaking for hire the conveyance of goods e.g. shipping company

The transportation carrier issuing the airwaybill and creating the shipment record and all other carriers that carry of undertake to carry the cargo under the airwaybill or shipment record or to perform any other services related to such air carriage.

Company that transports people or goods

An insurance company that either administers self-insured and/or insured plans.

One undertaking to transport persons or property. Carriers are either common or private. The term also refers to the insurance carriers, or insurer.

insurer contracted by Medicare to administer Medicare Part B benefits.

The company providing transportation for your household goods and on whose interstate or intrastate operating authority the shipment is moved.

A carrier is a local (intra-LATA) or long distance (inter-LATA) telecommunications service providing organization. A waveform, pulsed or continuous, that is modulated by another information bearing waveform.

Also known as service provider or operator, a carrier is the communications company that provides customers service (including air time) for their wireless phones.

Another name for the truck/trucking company who transports cargo.

The party responsible for transport of goods (shipping line, airline, road haulage company etc.)

The entity that provides the Internet connection to a residence or business. Typically the carrier is a telephone company, but many others are getting into this business, such as cable companies.

A high frequency signal used to transport additional signals, which are isolated from one another to reduce interference.

A licensed company (network operator) may market any number of communication services for voice and data. Carriers offer their services to both end-customers (private or business) and other carriers. In the latter case, the service simply consists of transport capacity for long-distance traffic. For example, local/regional network operators will buy transport capacity from carriers that operate on a global basis.

A company engaged in the transportation of goods between two points.

The term Carrier(s) Container(s) or Shipper(s) Container(s) means containers over which the carrier or the shipper has control either by ownership or by the acquisition thereof under lease or rental from container companies or container suppliers or from similar sources. Carriers are prohibited from purchasing, leasing or renting shipper owned containers.

As it relates to insurance, the insurance company or managed care company.

In wireless communications, an electromagnetic pulse or radio wave transmitted at a steady base frequency. Used to transmit radio signals to a radio receiver. Also commonly used to refer to a wireless network operator or service provider that provides mobile telecommunications services.

1) A telephone long distance company that operates fiber/satellite/microwave networks to carry voice and data traffic. A local exchange carrier (LEC) is a local phone company and an inter-exchange carrier (IEC or IXC) carries long-distance calls. 2) A continuous radio frequency (RF) signal used to carry another information signal.

Commercial passenger airline

Another name for an airline.

A telecommunications provider which owns switch equipment.

Insurance company, prepayment plan or government agency that, under a health insurance or prepayment program, administers claims submitted for or by its beneficiaries and, in certain cases, directly provides services.

An insurance company or managed care company.

Transporter of passengers, goods, or both.

Originally used for a long distance company that leases the facilities to carry a call, the term i s now used to describe companies that resell other services without leasing facilities. Generally, a carrier is the company who bills for calls under its own name.

A firm engaged in the business of transporting persons or merchandise for profit.

a company that owns communications circuits and infrastructure to service long distance calls, such as AT&T, MCI and Qwest.

An individual, partnership or company in the business of transporting goods or passengers, in most cases for a fee.

The insurance company or the one who agrees to pay for covered losses.

Any organization that deals in transporting passengers or goods.

The moving company transporting your household goods.

A company that provides a communications service.

Company that provides communications circuits. Split into private and public.

Another name for and insurance company. The entity to which risk is transferred by an insurance policy.

the insurance company underwriting the policy.

A transportation line that hauls cargo.

A private insurer that contracts on a regional basis with the Medicare program to process and pay claims. Also a term generally to describe an insurer.

A company that provides telecommunications services.

The company proving transportation for your household goods on whose ICC operating authority the shipment is moved.

Insurance company that actually underwrites and issues the insurance policy. The term refers to the fact that the company carries (or assumes) certain risks for the policyholder.

Vendor that transports shipments.

Firms or individuals hired to transport passengers and/or freight.

Organisation that undertakes transportation of goods by sea, surface or air.

A company with authority to transport a shipment. Also called Contract Carrier.

A term historically used for licensed insurance companies, although now is sometimes used to include both licensed insurers and HMOs.

A part that holds, positions, moves, or transports another part or parts.

The means of transportation of goods for delivery. These can include truck, train, car, vessel or plane.

A term used to designate the insurance company who underwrites (issues) the policy.

The Insurer of the insurance company.

A third-party provider of communications services by wire, fiber or radio. Common Carrier: A private company offering facilities or services to the general public on a non-discriminatory basis and regulated as to market entry, practices, and rates by various Federal and State authorities. Private Carrier: Services provided for internal use and free of most common carrier regulations to allow discrimination in service provision or pricing.

the moving company providing interstate transportation of household goods under whose Department of Transportation registration the shipment is moved.

Long-distance company which primarily uses its own transmission facilities to carry calls, as opposed to resellers who lease or buy most or all of their transmission facilities from the carriers.

A trade term for an insurance company.

The carrier is the company that provides wireless telecommunications services, using equipment, to transmit the frequencies upon which the cell phone calls, signals and data are carried.

A long distance company which uses primarily its own transmission facilities, as opposed to resellers which lease or buy most or all transmission facilities from carriers. Many people refer to any type of long distance company, whether it has its own network or not, as a carrier, so the term is not as restrictive as it used to be.

Generic term for any company that transports passengers and/or freight.

A private company that has a contract with Medicare to pay your physician and most other Medicare Part B bills.

A company that provides telecommunications circuits. Carriers include both local telephone companies and long distance providers.

The insurance company responsible to pay the losses or for coverage of medical costs.

telecommunications provider that owns switch equipment.

Any licensed organization, which underwrites or administers your life, health, or other insurance programs.

Kind of a network of high tech pigeons. It's the network to which you're connected e.g. Telstra, Optus, Vodafone or Hutchison, who are the only operators that actually own mobile networks in Australia; everybody else offering mobile services use one of these networks, but that shouldnâ€(tm)t make a difference to you, the end user. We call them all Service Providers.

The mover transporting the household goods.

1. An apparently healthy individual that transmits disease to other individuals. 2. A container used to transport chickens.

The insurance company which provides coverage.

car·ri·er (kar'e-?r) n. One, such as a person, business or organization that deals in the transport of passengers or goods.

1) - Cage used for transporting the cat 2) - A cat who carries a virus or other disease organism without showing clinical signs 3) - A cat with one recessive allele and one dominant allele for a particular trait, a heterozygote

A steady electronic signal into which information is encoded through changes in the frequency or amplitude of the signal. It is also used to describe any company that sells or rents telecommunications services.

A term used to refer to various telephone companies that provide local, long distance, or value-added services; alternately, a system or systems whereby many channels of electrical information can be carried over a single transmission path. High frequency radio signal modulated to carry information long distances.

Any individual, company or corporation engaged in transporting cargoes.

Shipowner, Vehicle-Owner or other person who carries goods and is responsible for their safety.

The insurance company or HMO offering an insurance plan.

owner or operator of ships who enter into a contract with shipper for the transportation of goods; also refers to the ship carrying cargo

Another name for a transportation company.

In general, any person or business which transports property or people by any means of conveyance (truck, auto, taxi, bus, airplane, railroad, ship), almost always for a charge.

The party (usually an insurance company) that pays insurance claims and collects the premiums.

An organisation, usually a third party, which transports goods or people.

A firm that carries freight or passengers and is compensated for performing this service.

A company providing the operating authority for the transportation of the household goods. This may or may not be the company that actually moves the shipment. For example, a hauling agent for a van line may provide the physical relocation service for the shipper, but the Carrier is still responsible for the goods should there be a claim or other problem. See Van Line.

Analog signal of fixed amplitude and frequency that combines with an information-bearing signal by modulation to produce an output signal suitable for transmission.

(1) A company authorized by appropriate regulatory agencies to provide communications services. (2) A continuous frequency capable of being modulated or impressed with a second information carrying signal.

A radio-frequency signal intended to carry intelligence ( modulation).

Signal of a specific frequency that is modulated and carries information

A radio-frequency signal of specific wavelength.

High frequency energy that can be modulated by voice or signaling impulses.

The frequency a wireless radio frequency system operates at. A fixed radio frequency that's modulated (shifted up and down) in either frequency (FM) or in level (AM) by the audio signal.

The carrier is the telephone line signal used to transfer data between two connected modems. The sound you hear through the modem's speaker when it connects is the carrier signal.

An alternating-current wave of constant frequency, phase and amplitude. By varying the frequency, phase or amplitude of a carrier wave, information is transmitted

Electromagnetic wave or alternating current of a single frequency, suitable for modulation by another, data-bearing signal. See also modulation.

Another name for a phone connection. When you see the external modem light labeled CD flash, you know the modem is receiving a carrier detect (CD) signal, and that it's connected to another computer.

A modulated RF signal; that is, one which is carrying audio or other information. Sometimes used in a general manner to refer to any RF signal.

A modem carrier signal that allows the sender and receiver to be recognised.

A term broadly used to designate a single RF frequency upon which audio signals can be impressed.

a term commonly used to identify a telephone company. A carrier signal is a continuous signal on an analog copper telephone line.

A radio frequency wave which is used to carry speech or data.

A high frequency signal used to modulate the message signal. Various parameters of the carrier can be modified such as phase, amplitude, frequency.

The frequency used to carry voice or data modulation from the transmitter to the receiver.

Radio frequency signal on which information is encoded and transmitted.

A continuous (usually high frequency) electromagnetic wave which can be modulated by a signal to carry information.

a radiofrequency signal consisting of a pure tone that is modulated with the information-carrying signal. Usually the radiofrequency signal is much higher in frequency that the information carrying signal.

Carrier is the tone modems send over a phone line before any data is sent on it. This tone has a fixed frequency and a fixed amplitude. It is then changed to show data.

The fundamental radio frequency of an electrical signal whether it is modulated or not

A signal of a specific frequency that is modulated to transmit information.

A signal or wave that is modulated by information (baseband signal) to carry the information efficiently from transmitter to receiver. A carrier is usually a higher frequency signal. The term carrier also refers to a telecom or backbone network operator. Also see modulation.

A signal that can be varied from a known reference by modulation.

The main frequency of a radio signal generated by a transmitter prior to application of modulation.

A radio wave having at least one characteristic, such as frequency, amplitude or phase, that may be varied from a known reference value by modulation.

A carrier is an electromagnetic signal that is used as a medium for an information channel.

The signal that a modem uses to communicate it's other signals over.

An unmodulated RF signal.

Frequency: The Electromagnetic wave Frequency selected to transmit information. Optical carrier Frequency is from the infrared, visible range or ultraviolet spectrum areas (1012 Hz and above).

A signal suitable for modulation by another signal containing information to be transmitted.

A signal that is being modulated by some other signal, as in FM synthesis.

This term refers to: (1) a company, such as a local telephone company, that provides circuits dedicated to communication, and (2) an electrical signal capable of being modulated to carry information.

The base signal used to transmit data across a telephone line. The modem modulates this signal (alters its frequency or phase) to encode the data to be transmitted.

A pure-frequency signal that is modulated to carry information. In the process of modulation it is spread over a wider bar. The carrier frequency is the center frequency on any television channel.

A high-frequency sine wave whose alterations in amplitude, frequency, or phase are used to convey (carry) the information in a much lower-frequency signal or band of signals; used, for example, in AM and FM radio broadcasting.

A carrier is a continuous frequency that is at the desired channel frequency. The carrier is modulated or impressed with a second (information carrying) signal to translate that information from baseband frequencies to occupy the desired channel.

The basic radio, television, or telephony center of frequency transmit signal. The carrier in an analog signal. is modulated by manipulating its amplitude (making it louder or softer) or its frequency (shifting it up or down) in relation to the incoming signal. Satellite carriers operating in the analog mode are usually frequency modulated.

A single-frequency radio wave of constant amplitude that can be modulated with an information carrying signal.

A continuous signal frequency capable of being modulated or impressed with a second data-carrying signal.

your unmodulated (no speech) transmitter signal

A continuous signal at a fixed frequency that is capable of being modulated with a second (information carrying) signal.

A specific frequency signal which carries data.

The center frequency of the basic radio, television, or telephony transmit signal. The carrier in an analog signal is modulated by manipulating it's amplitude (strength in dB) or frequency (width in MHz) in relation to the incoming signal. Satellite carriers operating in the analog mode are usually frequency modulated.

An RF signal-ideally a perfect sine wave-which has an information signal superimposed upon it, through modulation, to carry it as a wave over the air.

The unmodulated fundamental output of a radio or radar transmitter, which is capable of being modulated with information to produce a communications signal.

A continuous frequency capable of being either modulated or impressed with another information-carrying signal. Carriers are generated and maintained by modems via the transmission lines of the telephone companies.

1. A continuous frequency capable of being modulated with a second (information carrying) signal. 2. A communications company or authority providing circuits to carry private traffic (also known as common carrier.)

The base unmodulated frequency used by a system. The modulation process will generate a signal centered on the carrier, of width equal to the bandwidth.

a pure continuous radio emission at a fixed frequency, without modulation and without interruption. Several types of modulation can be applied to the carrier, See AM and FM.

Material added to an active ingredient to facilitate its preparation, storage, shipment, or use.

The company that holds the interstate operating authority that allows your shipment to be moved.

1.The inert liquid or solid material in a pesticide product that serves as a delivery vehicle for the active ingredient. Carriers do not have toxic properties of their own. 2. Any material or system that can facilitate the movement of a pollutant into the body or cells.

Any substance, may be liquid solid or gas and is usually inert, which is mixed with the active ingredient to assist application. Usually used to reduce concentration to user strength.

A gas, liquid, or solid substance used to dilute, propel, or suspend a herbicide to facilitate its preparation, storage, shipment, or use. (See also Diluent.)

An inert material that serves as a diluent, vehicle or solvent for the active ingredient or toxicant.

A person who has an active infection which may spread to other people. Being the carrier of an active infection may last for years and examples include hepatitis B and typhoid (See Travel medicine).

Organism that carries a virus either in the form of an infection or while it is in incubation.

Often a vegetable oil, which is used to dilute pure essential oils for application. A common carrier is sweet almond oil.

Sometimes used to refer to the backing material, particularly in double-faced tapes.

Plastic tube, tray or tape with cavities, which can contain IC products

When referring to double-coated pressure sensitive adhesive, it is the thin medium to which the adhesive is anchored to on both sides. One of the most common carriers is Mylar.

The central layer of double-coated tape that has the adhesive on both sides of it.

This is the mover with whom you're working

This is the mover that you are working with.

A group of conductors or yarns which are woven over and under to form a braid.

Usually a commercial insurer contracted by the Department of Health and Human Services to process Part B claims payments.

A health plan participating in the CalPERS Health Program.

The insurance company offering a health plan.

A term that is used interchangeably with the term "insurer."

The carrier is the document accompanying a Health Care Card when it is posted to a customer. The carrier can include information related to the benefits available to the card holder.

See INSURER.

See wireless service provider.

Another name for wireless service provider or wireless operator. Verizon and Sprint are examples of US carriers.