waybill

American  

[wey-bil] / ˈweɪˌbɪl /

noun

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

2. air waybill.

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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

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Etymology

Origin of waybill

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

Example Sentences

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

The airline clerk, making out a waybill: "Contents?"

From Time Magazine Archive

The genial Nat Stein is arranging the waybill.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return by Ward, Artemus

There was the waybill, and there was the lady herself; put that and that together, and make what you could of it.

From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller