haulage

English

Etymology

haul +‎ -age

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɔːləd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlədʒ/

Noun

haulage (countable and uncountable, plural haulages)

The act of hauling.
Coordinate terms: carriage, shipping, trucking
- 1919: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, South (The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917)
  The initial task would be the haulage of stores from Cape Evans to Hut Point, a distance of 13 miles.
The business of transporting heavy goods.
Coordinate terms: shipping, trucking
The charge levied for hauling (either towing or hauling out) a ship or boat.

Translations

The act of hauling

Bulgarian: теглене (bg) n (teglene), влачене (bg) n (vlačene), дърпане (bg) n (dǎrpane)
Galician: carreto m, carrexo m
German: Beförderung (de) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: befordring m or f, transport (no) m
Russian: перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka), транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka)
Turkish: nakil (tr), taşıma (tr)

Business of transporting goods

Bulgarian: превоз (bg) m (prevoz), транспортиране (bg) n (transportirane)
German: Transportdienst m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: transporttjeneste m
Russian: транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka), перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka)
Spanish: el negocio de mudar los bienes entre lugares
Turkish: nakliyecilik (tr), taşımacılık (tr)

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