Meaning & use
haulage contractor
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Meaning
nouncountableBritishbusiness
A company or person that transports goods by road for payment.
Grammar: Countable noun; plural is 'haulage contractors'.
Patterns
- work as a haulage contractor
- hire a haulage contractor
The factory hired a haulage contractor to deliver its products across the country.
He runs a small haulage contractor business with three trucks.
Haulage contractors are facing higher fuel costs this year.
Word forms
| plural | haulage contractors |
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Common combinations
- local haulage contractor
- We used a local haulage contractor to move our equipment.
- haulage contractor firm
- She works for a haulage contractor firm in Manchester.
- hire a haulage contractor
- The supermarket chain hired a haulage contractor for its deliveries.
Synonyms and how they differ
- trucking company
- The usual American English term; haulage contractor is more formal and chiefly British.
- freight company
- Similar meaning, but freight can include transport by rail, sea, or air, not just road.
- carrier
- A more general word for a company that transports goods; it does not specify road transport.
Word family
Commonly confused: haulage contractor or haulage?
haulage contractor vs haulage
Haulage is the activity or business of transporting goods; a haulage contractor is the company or person that does it.
Practice
What is a haulage contractor?
Choose one answer.
A haulage contractor transports goods by road for payment. Option 1 is wrong because building roads is construction, not haulage. Option 2 is a bus driver, not a haulage contractor. Option 3 is a mechanic, not a contractor.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “haulage contractor”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.