title: Cab rank
text: # Cab rank
  
  A cab rank (in British English) or taxicab stand (in American English) is an area where taxicabs queue to await passengers.
  
  Cab rank may also refer to:
  
  * Bank (in Cockney rhyming slang)
  * A flying reserve of fighter-bomber aircraft that can be called in to provide close air support (the term cab rank was used by the RAF during World War II)
  * Cab-rank rule, the obligation in English law of a barrister to accept any work in a field in which he professes himself competent, at a court at which he normally appears and at his usual rates
  