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TRUCKAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does truckage mean?
• TRUCKAGE (noun)
The noun TRUCKAGE has 2 senses:
1. a fee charged for transporting goods by truckage
2. the activity of transporting goods by truck
Familiarity information: TRUCKAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fee charged for transporting goods by truckage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("truckage" is a kind of...):
fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activity of transporting goods by truck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("truckage" is a kind of...):
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truckage"):
cartage; carting (the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it)
Derivation:
truck (convey (goods etc.) by truck)
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