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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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
Huw Owen, who founded Wales' largest haulage company in 1972, said prices for diesel were up 30% and were still climbing.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Alison's haulage firm, which moves millions of pounds around the country each year, subcontracted to a smaller transport company for a job earlier this year.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
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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