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hauling

hauling

11 2.6
The activity of moving goods by truck or large vehicle
  • noun
  • /ˈhɔːlɪŋ/
translation icon : transporte de mercancías
  • Since the commercial refuse companies made their margin strictly on hauling charges, Unisyn's service became competitive.
  • hauling cost
  • trash hauling
  • waste hauling

It's it's just hauling and you're in route.

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Examples

  • Federal safety officials say the rules governing the hauling of dangerous cargo have serious loopholes.

  • Big Mike's Moving & Hauling is picking up furniture for their clients today.

  • Storm King only allows one break a day for meals then it's back to hauling goods.

  • Perhaps even more significantly, the hauling department did not operate as a profit center.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Big Mike's Moving & Hauling is picking that up today.

  • Waste management companies were backpedaling toward their core businesses of hauling and disposal.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Since biomass is bulky and expensive to transport, all these costs are highly sensitive to hauling distances.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The total charge also frequently exceeds the total collection, hauling, and disposal costs, leaving municipalities with revenues from hidden taxes.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Lay out a course for best drainage, then throw up a bridge over the creek and cut through a road leading back to the compound, for shortest and easiest hauling.

  • Just last year, Fernando Tirado was making two hauling runs a day in his Freightliner truck rig.

Synonyms

transportation
vshauling
  • US
557 1.6

Moving people or goods from one place to another

is narrower, referring specifically to moving goods with large vehicles
trucking
vshauling
  • Specialized
44 2.8

The business of moving goods by truck

is like that activity but stresses the physical act instead of business
carting
vshauling
2 3.4

Carrying away waste or unwanted things by truck

focuses on transporting goods broadly, not on disposal services
carrying
vshauling
1 1.0

Moving something from one place to another

is more specific to moving goods using large vehicles or heavy means
haulage
vshauling
  • UK
1 6.2

The moving of goods by road or rail

focuses more on movement by large vehicles rather than general transport
cartage
vshauling
  • Archaic
1 8.4

The cost of moving goods a short distance by truck or cart

is used more for longer or heavier movements rather than short runs
truckage
vshauling
  • Specialized
8.1

The movement of goods by truck

is similar but used for broader movement by large vehicles
freightage
vshauling
  • Specialized
7.7

The transport of large amounts of goods by ship or truck for pay

is about the physical moving of goods rather than commercial pricing
towage
vshauling
  • Specialized
7.4

Pulling a vehicle or boat using another vehicle

involves general goods movement, not limited to pulling by rope or chain

How Far

long haul
5 3.5
hauling
11 2.6
delivery
540 1.0
short line
  • Jargon
1 6.0

Surface Forms

hauling singular
haulings plural

Morphology

hauling = haul (transparent) = haul + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'haul' denoting the activity of transporting goods.

Etymology

The word hauling comes from the old word haul, which means 'to pull' or 'drag'. So hauling is the work of moving or carrying heavy things, like trucks pulling goods from one place to another.