haulage

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of transporting goods from one place to another using trucks, trailers, or other vehicles.

  - "The haulage company handled the transportation of our goods to the new warehouse."
  - "The cost of fuel for haulage is a significant expense for the trucking industry."

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Variants

List of all variants of haulage that leads to same result
haulage , haulages

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Etymology

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Originally derived from the Old English word 'hālan', meaning 'to pull or draw'. The modern term 'haulage' emerged in the late 19th century to describe the business of transporting goods by road.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the first recorded use of a truck for haulage was in the late 1800s, when a horse-drawn wagon was replaced by a steam-powered truck?

2. The largest haulage company in the world is DB Schenker, which operates in over 130 countries and has over 70,000 employees.

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Related Concepts

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1. Logistics: The planning, execution, and control of the transportation, storage, and delivery of goods and services, including haulage.

2. Trucking: The business of transporting goods by road using trucks or trailers, which is a major component of haulage.

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Culture

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In literature, haulage has been used to describe the arduous and often dangerous work of transporting goods over long distances. In art, images of haulage trucks and trailers are common in depictions of modern industrial society.

How to Memorize "haulage"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large truck pulling a trailer filled with goods. Visualize the truck driver making deliveries and picking up new loads.
   - Think about the process of loading and unloading goods from a truck and the role of the haulage company in managing this process.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'haulage' with the image of a truck on the highway, transporting goods from one place to another.
   - Think about the concept of transportation and how it relates to haulage.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Haul Away' to remember the meaning of haulage, as it suggests the idea of pulling or transporting goods.
   - Create a mental image of a haulage truck and the role it plays in the transportation of goods.

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