trucking company
10
2.7
- noun
- /ˈtrʌkɪŋ ˈkʌmpəni/
- US
:
empresa de transporte por carretera
- We're one of the biggest independent trucking companies in New York.
We've got a new SPAC alert on an electric vehicle trucking company.
- We've got a new SPAC alert on an electric vehicle trucking company.
- I work for the largest trucking company that's going on strike it does it rhyme with UPS?
Examples
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Dad owns a trucking company.
Fiction book (2002) -
Vermont Natural Ag Products has its own delivery truck and also uses trucking companies.
Academic text (2000) -
Jim Bob and Luke went to a trucking company to apply for a "team" truck driving job.
Blog text (34) -
I closed down my trucking company last week after 33 years in business.
Blog text (29) -
Why don't we start our own trucking company?
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They had a deal with a trucking company.
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Legitimate trucking companies are already operating at peak efficiency because that is what provides peak profits.
Blog text (2) -
To help my students gain knowledge and experience with this standard, we have taken a field trip that included a stop at a trucking company, a commercial bus terminal, and a local agricultural airport.
Academic text (2007) -
Wilenta is run by two Wilenta brothers, one of whom owns the pig farm and the other the trucking company.
Academic text (2001) -
We're one of the biggest independent trucking companies in New York.
Synonyms
10
4.1
A person or company that moves goods by truck on roads
8
3.3
A person or company that sends goods to other places
7
2.8
A business that takes people's or companies' things to a new place
2
2.2
A business that moves people or things from one place to another
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'trucking' (the transport of goods by truck) + 'company' (an organization), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a business that transports goods by truck. This noun-noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern of transparent compounding, making the meaning immediately comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
Trucking company comes from the simple picture of a business that runs many trucks to move things for customers. So, it means 'a business that transports goods by truck'.