cartagenoun [ U ]
/ˈkɑː.tɪdʒ//ˈkɑːr.tɪdʒ/the transporting of goods by road, usually over short distances:
I know where I can get some broken slabs. I'll only have to pay him a pound and the cartage.
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- Contractors employed to collect and cart away road debris often deposited their sweepings down gullies, thus saving themselves the cost of cartage.
- Cartage is the collection or delivery of goods by road from a warehouse, goods depot, airport, seaport, etc.
- Road cartage by ox wagon added to costs and to the risk of accidental spillage.
- Shearing, cartage and sale costs often amount to more than farmers receive for their wool.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
- turnaround
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