omnibus

n.

1. A long motor vehicle for passengers; a bus.
2. A printed anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects.

adj.
Including or covering many things or classes: an omnibus trade bill.

[French, from Latin, for all, dative pl. of omnis, all.]

(OM-ni-bus)

noun
1. A long motor vehicle for passengers; a bus.
2. A printed anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects.

adjective
Including or covering many things or classes.

Etymology
French, from Latin, for all, dative pl. of omnis, all.

Usage
"If the general intellectual for whom he wrote now looks at them at all, it would be in the anthology of extracts he prepared in Bricks to Babel: an omnibus volume from 1982 ...." — Bernard Crick, Books: Putting the rat in rational, Independent, 7 Nov 1998.

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[Latin, For all; containing two or more independent matters.] A term frequently used in reference to a legislative bill comprised of two or more general subjects that is designed to compel the executive to approve provisions that he or she would otherwise reject but that he or she signs into law to prevent the defeat of the entire bill.

Laws governing the federal budget are typically omnibus bills; for example, the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 1321).

IN BRIEF: A long vehicle used for public transportation.

The omnibus pulled away from the curb just as I sprinted around the corner.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - omnibus
adj. - omfattende

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzamelbundel, autobus, multifunctioneel, bestaande uit meerdere dingen

Français (French)
n. - bus, recueil, omnibus (arch), (GB, TV) rediffusion des épisodes de la semaine
adj. - général, (Pol) qui comprend des mesures hétéroclites

Deutsch (German)
n. - Omnibus, Sammelband
adj. - umfassend, Sammel-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεωφορείο, συλλογή, ανθολογία
adj. - πολλαπλών χρήσεων, αποτελούμενος από διάφορα στοιχεία

Italiano (Italian)
antologia, autobus, pullman

Português (Portuguese)
n. - coletânea (m), obras completas
adj. - que se refere a diversos assuntos de uma só vez

Русский (Russian)
автобус, однотомник

Español (Spanish)
n. - antología, ómnibus, autobús
adj. - que sirve para varios objetos, general, colectivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - omnibus, (bok)samlingsband, smörgåsnisse
adj. - samlings-, som omfattar många olika saker

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
公共汽车, 精选集, 公共马车, 综合性的, 总括的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 公共汽車, 精選集, 公共馬車
adj. - 綜合性的, 總括的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 승합마차, 식당의 허드렛일꾼
adj. - 여러 가지의 것을 포함하는, 총괄적인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バス, 乗合馬車, 乗合自動車
adj. - 多数のものを含む, 多目的の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حافله عموميه, كتاب يشتمل على عدد من المؤلفات (صفه) جامع, شامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אוטובוס, כתבי-סופר, קובץ‬
adj. - ‮מורכב מפריטים רבים, משרת מספר מטרות בבת-אחת‬

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