Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Transportation of goods by truck.
- noun A charge for transportation by truck.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Exchange; barter.
- noun Conveyance by trucks or wagons.
- noun Money paid for conveying goods or merchandise in trucks; charge for or the expense of conveyance by truck.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.
- noun Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the carrying of goods by
truck - noun a
charge for this
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fee charged for transporting goods by truckage
- noun the activity of transporting goods by truck
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Examples
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So you are pretty much saying that fighting over the spot could result in the end of food truckage.
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Anyone trying to avoid the traffic and fetching up jammed between thirty tons 'worth of truckage might think it rated a laugh but he wouldn't see it that way.
The Striker Portfolio Hall, Adam 1968
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Even if they have truckage waiting for us, we shall not march clear of
On the Heels of De Wet Lionel James 1913
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And now they were on the line again, rumour had it that their belated truckage had been ordered to convey them back to the Orange River Colony.
On the Heels of De Wet Lionel James 1913
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Dongfeng, China's second-largest automaker (founded at the behest of Mao hisowndamnself back in '68), had a googolplex of heavy truckage on display.
Jalopnik 2009
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Dongfeng, China's second-largest automaker (founded at the behest of Mao hisowndamnself back in '68), had a googolplex of heavy truckage on display.
Jalopnik 2009
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It was just as well that the brigadier had made his own arrangements, for both Plumer and Pilcher forgathered at Orange River that night, and the stationmaster, with the bonhomie bred of a long period spent in disappointing everybody with whom he came in contact, informed each column commander in rotation that the best he could promise them was truckage sufficient for one squadron on the following day, two squadrons perhaps on the second day, and the whole of the mounted troops ordered by rail certainly not before a week or ten days.
On the Heels of De Wet Lionel James 1913
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We beg leave to recommend Messrs. James & Drinker, of Philadelphia, to be one of your agents at the disposal of teas, which you may think proper to send to Philadelphia, undertaking that they shall dispose of such teas in no other manner than as you direct, on condition of your allowing them 5 pr cent. for commission, for selling and making remittance, and 1 pr cent. for truckage, warehouse rent or any charge whatever; should any teas get damaged on board of ships, any expence arising on them to be allowed by the Company.
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"To decide between the competing demands upon the still very limited amount of truckage available for civil purposes, after the paramount requirements of the army have been satisfied, is indeed a most difficult and delicate task.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 1898
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