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noun
The transport of goods by cart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: carting, wagonage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shipping, transport, movement
noun
Any vehicular transportation of goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: shipping, carriage
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A charge made for such transport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: wagonage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: charge, fee, cost, price
noun
the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: carting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hauling, trucking, truckage
History
Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English cartage From cart + -age.
