lading
3
8.8
- noun
- /ˈleɪdɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
carga
- The warehouse received the lading for the new shipment of furniture.
- bill of lading
Examples
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Proper completion of the manifest, receipt, or bill of lading showing proper documentation of waste disposal was recommended to limit the liability of the individual businesses (LHWMP in King County, 1994).
Academic text (2003) -
In the meantime, the shipper A, who did not pay the loading expense to the carrier, requested carrier B to issue the bill of lading in order to utilize it as security for receiving the cargo price from the consignee.
Academic text (2017) -
You see this bill of lading here?
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A bill of lading, perhaps?
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Bills of lading for all ships that arrived from Africa during the last six months.
Fiction book (1995) -
Come on, check your bills of lading and get washed up.
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Its care and feeding instructions are on this bill of lading.
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-We need all the bills of lading... ...from ships arriving from Africa in the last 3 months.
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The Effect of Surrendering a Bill of Lading
Academic text (2017) -
He looks through it, docking receipts from various ports of call, bills of lading, etc.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
537
2.3
Goods carried by a ship, plane, or large vehicle
278
1.1
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
231
2.3
A load of goods sent together by one truck, plane, or ship
79
3.9
Goods moved in large amounts by ship, train, or truck
22
6.3
The goods carried by a vehicle like an airplane or truck
5
5.6
A batch of goods sent by truck or ship for delivery
3
2.5
A large amount of goods carried by a ship
2
3.2
A large amount of goods that one train can carry
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
2
7.0
An official document showing a transport company has received goods and saying how and when they will be delivered
- Specialized
A document that makes one company responsible for goods moved by two or more kinds of transport
- Specialized
A paper showing the goods stay on the same ship without transfer
- Formal
A document that covers goods carried by two or more types of transport under one contract
- Specialized
A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport
How Much
537
2.3
- Specialized
3
8.8
231
2.3
- Specialized
5
5.6
189
1.7
961
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lading comes from the old verb lade, which means 'to load' and is the same idea behind the common word load and the adjective laden. So, lading is simply the goods or cargo that have been 'loaded' onto a ship, truck, or train.