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Haulage vs Freight - What's the difference?

haulage | freight |

As nouns the difference between haulage and freight

is that haulage is the act of hauling while freight is payment for transportation.

As a verb freight is

to transport (goods).

haulage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of hauling
  • * 1919: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, South (The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917)
    • The initial task would be the haulage of stores from Cape Evans to Hut Point, a distance of 13 miles.
  • Business of transporting goods

    • freight

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Payment for transportation.
    • The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
  • Goods or items in transport.
    • The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
  • Transport of goods.
    • They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.
  • (label) Cultural or emotional associations.
    • A wedding ring is small, but it has massive emotional freight .

    Synonyms

    * cargo * luggage

    Derived terms

    * freight car * freighter * freight yard * pay the freight

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport (goods).
  • To load with freight. Also figurative .
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * fraught

    Anagrams

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    See also

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule