haulage
pronunciation
How to pronounce haulage in British English:
UK [ˈhɔːlɪdʒ]
How to pronounce haulage in American English:
US [ˈhɔːlɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the act of drawing or hauling something
Word Origin
- haulage (n.)
- 1826, "action of hauling," from haul (v.) + -age.
Example
- 1. He owns a haulage company .
- 2. Competition in road haulage has intensified greatly in recent years as many private firms have entered the business .
- 3. Design of embedded black box of electrical haulage shearer .
- 4. The local haulage association wants highway rest-stops to be reopened to allow drivers to take the breaks required of them by law .
- 5. First , is that road haulage is an intrinsically more expensive and inefficient way of moving large volumes of goods long distances than railways .