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

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 Leinster, Murray

The passport serves here as a sort of waybill for the human freight.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence