haulage
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haulage — haul‧age [ˈhɔːlɪdʒ ǁ ˈhɒːl ] , haul‧ing [ˈhɔːlɪŋ ǁ ˈhɒː ] noun [uncountable] COMMERCE TRANSPORT the business of carrying goods by road or rail: • Rail freight charges are high compared with those of road haulage … Financial and business terms
Haulage — Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste. The vertical transport of the same with cranes is called hoisting. It is also the term used for the business of transporting goods by… … Wikipedia
Haulage — Haul age ( [asl]j), n. Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
haulage — 1826, from HAUL (Cf. haul) + AGE (Cf. age) … Etymology dictionary
haulage — ► NOUN ▪ the commercial transport of goods … English terms dictionary
haulage — [hôl′ij] n. 1. the act or process of hauling 2. the charge made for hauling, as by a railroad … English World dictionary
haulage — noun Haulage is used before these nouns: ↑contractor Haulage is used after these nouns: ↑road … Collocations dictionary
haulage — [[t]hɔ͟ːlɪʤ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with supp Haulage is the business of transporting goods by road. [mainly BRIT] The haulage company was a carrier of machine parts to Turkey … English dictionary
haulage — haul|age [ˈho:lıdʒ US ˈho:l ] n [U] the business of carrying goods in trucks or trains for other companies ▪ the road haulage industry … Dictionary of contemporary English
haulage — The charge made by a haulier (haulage contractor) for transporting goods, especially by road. If the goods consist of a large number of packages (e.g. 100 tonnes of cattlefood packed in 2000 bags each weighing 50 kilograms) there will be a… … Accounting dictionary
