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Discover LudwigThe word "cartage" is correct in written English, though it is somewhat specialized
It is used in the context of transportation, specifically referring to the cost or act of transporting goods by cart or vehicle. Example: "The cartage fees for delivering the furniture were higher than expected." Alternatives include "transportation" or "shipping costs."
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cartage
noun
The transport of goods by cart; carting
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The state's earliest service industry was long-distance cartage over rough desert and mountain country; in modern times, the five interstate highways that pass through Arizona are crowded with heavy trucks.
This involves increasing the assignment of street cleaners to the residential districts, a closer supervision of private cartage firms, the issuing of warnings & summonses to people who dump refuse out of their windows.
George Nichols, the driver training supervisor for Mr. Conyers's employer, MDR Cartage Inc., which is based in Memphis, declined to comment.
The first two companies cleared to participate in the program are Transportes Olympic, based in Nuevo Leon, near Monterrey, Mexico, and Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution, of El Paso, Tex.
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