El taxi es un transporte público en el que vehículo de alquiler con un conductor (taxista), que se utiliza en el servicio de transporte de uno o un grupo pequeño de pasajeros dirigidos a diferentes destinos por contrato o dinero. Usualmente, en modos de transporte público, los lugares donde se recoge y se deja el pasajero se deciden por el proveedor (oferente), mientras que en el caso del taxi, el usuario (demandante) los determina. Es decir, a diferencia de los otros tipos de transporte público, como son las líneas del metro, tranvía o del autobús, el servicio ofrecido por el taxi se caracteriza por ser puerta a puerta. La palabra «taxi», según el Diccionario de la lengua española, es una forma abreviada de la palabra «taxímetro», que a su vez deriva del griego τάξις, «tasa» y el griego μέτρον, que significa «medida».

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A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice. This differs from other modes of public transport where the pick-up and drop-off locations are determined by the service provider, not by the passenger, although demand responsive transport and share taxis provide a hybrid bus/taxi mode. There are four distinct forms of taxicab, which can be identified by slightly differing terms in different countries: \n* Hackney carriages, also known as public hire, hailed or street taxis, licensed for hailing throughout communities \n* Private hire vehicles, also known as minicabs or private hire taxis, licensed for pre-booking only \n* Taxibuses, also known as jitneys, operating on pre-set routes typified by multiple stops and multiple independent passengers \n* Limousines, specialized vehicle licensed for operation by pre-booking Although types of vehicles and methods of regulation, hiring, dispatching, and negotiating payment differ significantly from country to country, many common characteristics exist.

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