Definitions of transportation:

• noun:   the act of transporting something from one location to another
• noun:   the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
• noun:   a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
• noun:   the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
• noun:   the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
• noun:   the act of expelling a person from their native land

  Example: "The sentence was one of transportation for life"