haulage

English

Etymology

From haul +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːləd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlədʒ/

Noun

haulage (countable and uncountable, plural haulages)

2. 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.

4. The business of transporting heavy goods.

   Coordinate terms: shipping, trucking

6. 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)