handling

[hand-ling]

noun

1. a touching, grasping, or using with the hands.

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

3. 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.

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

3. 1. the process by which a commodity is packaged, transported, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      handling charges

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of handling¹

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

Example Sentences

The industry's silence was strategic, he suggests, driven by market pressures and legal liability -- echoing past controversies like Merck's handling of Vioxx.

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"In the next 3–5 years, AI and GenAI will create close to 100 million jobs in training, validation, and real-time handling. India's small towns can be the backbone of this workforce."

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Policyholders critical of State Farm General’s response to January’s firestorms have won a court victory when a judge ruled a Pacific Palisades homeowner can probe the insurer’s claims handling during a rate hearing.

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His 43-year-old father has been arrested and is expected to be charged with negligent handling of a firearm.

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged controversy over his handling of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal Sunday, but called for their imminent release to be a moment of unity.

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