handling

[ hand-ling ]
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noun
  1. a touching, grasping, or using with the hands.

  2. the manner of treating or dealing with something; management; treatment.

  1. the manual or mechanical method or process by which something is moved, carried, transported, etc.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the process of moving, transporting, delivering, working with, etc.: The factory added a 10 percent handling charge for delivery.

Origin of handling

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English handlung (noun); equivalent to handle + -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for handling

handling

/ (ˈhændlɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of picking up, turning over, or touching something

  2. treatment, as of a theme in literature

    • the process by which a commodity is packaged, transported, etc

    • (as modifier): handling charges

  1. law the act of receiving property that one knows or believes to be stolen

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