drayage – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
drayage
n.
act of transporting a load on a cart; cost for transporting a load on a cart
Drayage
In the
shipping industry and
logistics,
drayage is the transport of goods over a short distance, often as part of a longer overall move and is typically completed in a single work shift. Some research defines it specifically as "a truck pickup from or delivery to a seaport, border point,
inland port, or
intermodal terminal with both the trip origin and destination in the same
urban area". The term drayage is also used for the fee paid for such services.
Drayage
(n.)
Use of a dray.
(n.)
The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Drayage
Charge made for local hauling by dray or truck.
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drayage
Synonyms and related words:
air express, airfreight, airlift, asportation, attraction, bearing, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, conveyance, draft, drawing, expressage, extraction, ferriage, freight, freightage, haulage, hauling, heaving, lighterage, lugging, packing, portage, porterage, poundage, pull, pulling, pulling power, railway express, shipment, shipping, telpherage, tonnage, toting, towage, towing, traction, tractive power, transport, transportation, transshipment, truckage, tug-of-war, tugging, waft, waftage, wagonage
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
