haulage
noun/ˈhɔlɪdʒ/
Frequency rank: #17,266 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The commercial transport of goods, especially by road or rail.
Example sentence
The company specializes in haulage of heavy machinery across long distances.
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