carload

[ kahr-lohd ]

/ ˈkɑrˌloʊd /

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noun

the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.

the legal minimum weight entitling a railroad shipper to a rate (carload rate ) lower than that charged for less than this weight.

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Origin of carload

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; car¹ + load

Yet shortly after getting my license, I still found myself driving around drunk late one night with a carload of friends—just one of many bad driving choices I made that could have ruined my life or somebody else’s.
How Young Is Too Young to Drive?|wtaylor|October 2, 2021|Outside Online
Rather than delivering grain to the starving cities, or necessary war materiel to the front, Russia’s anemic railroad system was clogged by carloads of vodka.
Tsar Nicolas II Thought Vodka Was Hurting Russians—But Banning It Helped Destroy His Empire|Mark Lawrence Schrad|July 20, 2021|Time
For the most part, a carload of randy frat boys causes Metro Vice more headaches than the CES crowd.
Temptations of the Flesh in Sin City Are Nothing for 150,000 Nerds|John L. Smith|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He recalls calling a meeting when “American Gypsies were flooding in by the carload” to Milwaukee.
American Gypsies Are a Persecuted Minority That Is Starting to Fight Back|Nina Strochlic|December 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A carload of German tourists had been killed the week before; there was nothing to stop them.
When Your Hero’s an SOB|Bruce Duffy|August 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I believe they are going to get hauled by the carload in November.
The New Corruption Capital|Samuel P. Jacobs|March 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Then they dumped in carload after carload of rock and gravel; but the muskeg absorbed it and waited for more.
The Gold Trail|Harold Bindloss
She had a carload of groceries, and I helped her put them in the house.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Paper could not be obtained for printing, and a carload of brown wrapping paper was used.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
Only low-grade and long haul carload traffic can profitably be concentrated.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
Nor can local business in less than carload lots profitably be concentrated beyond a certain point.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley