truckload
Americannoun
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the amount that a truck can carry.
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the minimum weight legally required for making shipments at a rate truckload rate below that charged for shipments under this minimum.
noun
Etymology
Origin of truckload
Example Sentences
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Less than truckload, or LTL, is for customers who don’t need an entire truckload.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The company cited a tightening truckload market and higher fuel costs from the war in Iran, but said trends in transportation markets are improving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“We expect truckload and LTL carriers to benefit first from rising spot rates and strengthening industrial demand, followed by freight brokers, and lastly intermodal provider,” Kuhn says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
The paper states that truckload freight planning is largely manual with models that plateau at about 500 truckloads, but he notes C.H.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Sorry to be so late. We had to cover a big story about a truckload of chickens loose on the highway.”
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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