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carload

[ kahr-lohd ]

noun

  1. the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
  2. the legal minimum weight entitling a railroad shipper to a rate ³¦²¹°ùl´Ç²¹»år²¹³Ù±ð lower than that charged for less than this weight.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of carload1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; car 1 + load
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Hours after our confrontation outside the site of the Zhuhai attack, carloads of police had arrived to better manage the situation.

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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.

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Then train engineers walked off the job to demand better pay, stranding commuters and carloads of freight and leaving the country angry and gridlocked.

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The railroad’s results show a mix of demand across various industries with a strong 19% jump in auto shipments and 9% growth in coal carloads nearly offsetting weak demand for consumer products and agricultural shipments.

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“We faced many challenges in the quarter, including continued inflationary pressures and a drop in carloads,†said Vena, who took the job last month.

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