Standard Lemma guide

haulage

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /hɔːləd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ˈhɑlədʒ/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 L AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of hauling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The business of transporting heavy goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The charge levied for hauling (either towing or hauling out) a ship or boat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of drawing or hauling something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the haul up the hill went very slowly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: draw, haul

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pull, pulling

Narrower terms: tow, towage

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English haul 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 haulage From haul + -age.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: теглене (teglene) — The act of hauling
  • Bulgarian: влачене (vlačene) — The act of hauling
  • Bulgarian: дърпане (dǎrpane) — The act of hauling
  • Galician: carreto — The act of hauling
  • Galician: carrexo — The act of hauling
  • German: Beförderung — The act of hauling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: befordring — The act of hauling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transport — The act of hauling
  • Russian: перево́зка (perevózka) — The act of hauling
  • Russian: транспортиро́вка (transportiróvka) — The act of hauling
  • Turkish: nakil — The act of hauling
  • Turkish: taşıma — The act of hauling
  • Bulgarian: превоз (prevoz) — Business of transporting goods
  • Bulgarian: транспортиране (transportirane) — Business of transporting goods
  • Catalan: camionatge — Business of transporting goods
  • German: Transportdienst — Business of transporting goods
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transporttjeneste — Business of transporting goods
  • Russian: транспортиро́вка (transportiróvka) — Business of transporting goods
  • Russian: перево́зка (perevózka) — Business of transporting goods
  • Turkish: nakliyecilik — Business of transporting goods
  • Turkish: taşımacılık — Business of transporting goods