waybill

[wey-bil]

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noun

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

air waybill.

Origin of waybill

First recorded in 1785–95; way¹ + bill¹

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Related Words for waybill

docket, invoice, manifest

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Historical Examples of waybill

He vengefully marked the waybill of the parcel that had exploded.
Space Platform
Murray Leinster
Tell the claim agent there wont be salvage enough to fill a waybill.
Ralph, the Train Dispatcher
Allen Chapman
That cotch cam' in safe eneuch; and it puzzled me quite to see yer name bookit in the waybill, an' ye no come.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II
Various
“Yes, please,” cried Laura eagerly; and walking round, he stopped to read a waybill.
By Birth a Lady
George Manville Fenn
A paper resembling a waybill was made out by the agent of the line at the starting point.
Historic Highways of America (Vol. 10)
Archer Butler Hulbert

British Dictionary definitions for waybill

waybill

noun

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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