carload
Americannoun
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the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
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the legal minimum weight entitling a railroad shipper to a rate carloadrate lower than that charged for less than this weight.
Etymology
Origin of carload
Example Sentences
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The first carload of boxes Francis took to his studio included lasts for Wayne Newton, Paula Abdul, Ginger Rogers, Burt Reynolds and Sylvester Stallone.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
For $1,200, the buyer, John J. Meisinger, bought a carload of unclaimed wooden snow shovels — 3,000 of them — to sell at the store, the story goes.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024
The smallest of the six Class 1 railroads by revenue, Kansas City’s carload volumes rose 31% in the three months ended June 30.
From Reuters • Jul. 16, 2021
“If someone were flying drones for hours, they’d need a carload of batteries,” Ryan told me.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2020
We’d taken carload after carload to that thrift store.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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