noun
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the act or labour of hauling
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a rate or charge levied for the transportation of goods, esp by rail
Etymology
Origin of haulage
Example Sentences
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Ministers were set to meet later Friday with 10 representative organisations for farmers, agricultural contractors and haulage operators, but it was unclear if protesters would be present.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Elevated diesel prices will drive up costs of everything from contract mining, consumables, reagent freight and contract haulage to export logistics, shipping and mine-site aviation, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Elevated diesel prices will drive up costs of everything from contract mining, consumables, reagent freight and contract haulage to export logistics, shipping and mine-site aviation, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
He warned that persistent high fuel prices "will have an inevitable inflationary effect" on consumers, whose products rely on road haulage to move across the country for distribution to shops and for home deliveries.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Mack and Hughie exhausted every possibility of haulage for ten days and only when they realized that no one was going to take this stove home for them did they begin to carry it.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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