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HAULAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does haulage mean?
• HAULAGE (noun)
The noun HAULAGE has 1 sense:
1. the act of drawing or hauling something
Familiarity information: HAULAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of drawing or hauling something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Context example:
the haul up the hill went very slowly
Hypernyms ("haulage" is a kind of...):
pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haulage"):
tow; towage (the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope)
Derivation:
haul (transport in a vehicle)
haul (draw slowly or heavily)
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