truckload

[truhk-lohd]

noun

1. the amount that a truck can carry.

2. the minimum weight legally required for making shipments at a rate truckload rate below that charged for shipments under this minimum.

truckload

/ ˈtrʌkˌləʊd /

noun

1. the amount carried by a truck

Word History and Origins

Origin of truckload¹

First recorded in 1860–65; truck ¹ + load

Example Sentences

WSJ: Are you handling more typical truckload deliveries as well?

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“Last Chance Grade and Highway 101 isn’t just a road — it’s a lifeline. And every truckload of goods, every visitor to the redwoods, and every emergency response depends on reliable access through this critical corridor.”

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"They aren't playing because it's an opportunity to win a Grand Slam, they're playing because they're getting a truckload of cash and potentially a pretty cool event," Murray added.

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In that time, he says, "there are certain routes like Mombasa to Kampala in Uganda, where we have loaded so many trucks that the price of a full truckload has fallen".

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At the time, the Israeli foreign ministry dismissed it as a "selfie yacht" carrying "less than a single truckload of aid".

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