truckload
Americannoun
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the amount that a truck can carry.
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the minimum weight legally required for making shipments at a rate truckload rate below that charged for shipments under this minimum.
noun
Etymology
Origin of truckload
Example Sentences
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Bedard notes, however, that there are “very early signs” from its truckload sector that “things will start to get better during 2026.”
A truckload of freshly harvested soybeans needs his attention.
The paper states that truckload freight planning is largely manual with models that plateau at about 500 truckloads, but he notes C.H.
“I don’t think so. Dad wouldn’t haul a truckload of wood all the way up here, then drive it back down the mountain.”
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One more truckload can be expected once the weather is warm enough.
From BBC
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