haulage

[haw-lij]

noun

1. the act or labor of hauling.

2. the amount of force expended in hauling.

3. a charge made, especially by a railroad, for hauling equipment, commodities, etc.

haulage

/ ˈhɔːlɪdʒ /

noun

1. the act or labour of hauling

2. a rate or charge levied for the transportation of goods, esp by rail

Word History and Origins

Origin of haulage¹

First recorded in 1820–30; haul + -age

Example Sentences

Criminal gangs are buying up haulage firms to pose as truckers and steal goods by the lorryload, the BBC has learned.

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Larter turned down coaching jobs to join his father's haulage business.

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Korkosz, who drove for a Polish haulage company, didn't realise his camera recorded sound, but still insisted it should have captured the violent coughing which made him "black out" and become disoriented.

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A haulage firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was fatally injured by falling metal frames in a shipping container.

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While other experiments with that approach have proven successful, this one results in a hanging work that looks like a trawler accidentally got its haulage caught in a tree.

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Related Words

• shipment 
• shipping 
• transit 
• transport