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waybill

American  
[wey-bil] / ˈweɪˌbɪl /

noun

  • waybills
    plural
  1. a list of goods sent by a common carrier, as a railroad, with shipping directions.

  2. air waybill.


waybill British  
/ ˈweɪˌbɪl /

noun

  1. a document attached to goods in transit specifying their nature, point of origin, and destination as well as the route to be taken and the rate to be charged

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of waybill

First recorded in 1785–95; way 1 + bill 1

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Aeroflot issued a second air waybill, which doesn’t include any reference to Kraemer Mining or the origin of the goods.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

A new air waybill is issued for the flight between Malé and Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

A company rule bars towing waybill locomotives without such couplers, the report said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 20, 2023

For most Frenchmen, however, the most important single item in Suzanne's waybill was tough, pompadoured Marcel Cerdan, the idolized middleweight boxing champ who last June dropped his title to Jake LaMotta in Detroit.

From Time Magazine Archive

He plucked down the microphone—exactly like somebody picking up an interoffice telephone—and reported the waybill number and description of the case that had been an extra bomb.

From Space Platform by Murray Leinster

Air waybills, a cargo manifest and emails between logistics companies demonstrate how the strategy works.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The Journal found two addresses for Freight Care—one on air waybills and another in the country’s official business registry.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The documents reviewed by the Journal—air waybills, a cargo manifest, and emails between logistics companies—paint a picture of how the system in the Maldives works.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Taxes on passenger tickets and cargo waybills would also increase.

From Time Magazine Archive

The freight conductor has waybills for all goods which he carries.

From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Seymour Eaton

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