What is "omnibus"

omnibus \om"ni*bus\, a. Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one time; as, omnibus legislation; an omnibus budget bill.

Omnibus bill, a legislative bill which provides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations.

Omnibus box, a large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication with it. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.

1829, "four-wheeled public vehicle with seats for passengers," from French (voiture) omnibus "(carriage) for all, common (conveyance)," from Latin omnibus "for all," dative plural of omnis "all" (see omni-). Introduced by Jacques Lafitte in Paris in 1819 or '20, in London from 1829. In reference to legislation, the word is recorded from 1842. Meaning "man or boy who assists a waiter at a restaurant" is attested from 1888 (compare busboy). As an adjective in English from 1842.

1. Containing multiple items. n. 1 (lb en dated) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus). 2 An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form. 3 A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week. 4 (lb en philately) A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue. v

2. (context transitive English) To combine (legislative bills, et

3. ) into a single package.

1. adj. providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law" [syn: omnibus(a)]

2. n. an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

3. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach]

Omnibus is the Latin for "for all", and refers to a passenger-carrying vehicle, originally an enclosed horse-drawn one. The term may refer to:

An omnibus (or omnibus edition) is a compilation of daily television or radio episodes that is re-broadcast during the following weekend. The term has been most frequently used in the United Kingdom, though it has also been used in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. An omnibus is similar to, but distinct from, what is called a marathon in other countries. In an omnibus, individual episodes are edited together into a single programme, whereas in a marathon the episodes are aired separately but in sequence.

Brookside was the first television soap to have what was called an omnibus edition, in 1991; it continued until the series ended in 2003. EastEnders introduced the equivalent of an omnibus edition starting in the 1980s, but the term "omnibus" was not used until the 1990s.

An omnibus survey is a method of quantitative marketing research where data on a wide variety of subjects is collected during the same interview. Usually, multiple research clients will provide proprietary content for the survey (paying to 'get on the omnibus'), while sharing the common demographic data collected from each respondent.

The advantages to the research client include cost savings (because the sampling and screening costs are shared across multiple clients) and timeliness (because omnibus samples are large and interviewing is ongoing).

An omnibus survey generally uses a stratified sample and can be conducted either by mail, telephone, or Internet.

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

Omnibus is a 2006 compilation of songs from the Montana band Tarkio.

Omnibus is a 1992 French short comedy film directed by Sam Karmann. It won an Academy Award in 1993 for Best Short Subject and it won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

Omnibus is an Italian breakfast television news and talk show, broadcast on La7 since 2002.

OmniBus is a physics-based action platform video game developed by American indie development studio Buddy Cops, LLC and published by Devolver Digital. The game follows an unstoppable bus with which the player must accomplish missions or defeat other players in head-to-head combat. It was released on May 26, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux.

Omnibus is an arts-based British documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series Monitor.

It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards.

Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor (1975), a profile of David Bowie; Rene Magritte (1979), a graduate film by David Wheatley; “Madonna: Behind the American dream” (1990), a film produced by Nadia Hagger; and a profile of British film director Ridley Scott (1992).

For one season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman.

In 2001, the BBC announced that the programme was being switched to BBC2, prompting accusations that the Corporation was further marginalising its arts programming. BBC controller of arts commissioning Roly Keating defended the move, saying "the documentary strand will be able to tackle a wider range of subjects." Regarded as its "flagship arts programme", Omnibus was one of only two regular arts platforms broadcast at the time by the BBC.

In late 2002, the BBC announced that Omnibus would be cancelled the following year, to be replaced by the arts series Imagine, hosted by Alan Yentob.