Cartage Meaning
/ˈkɑːtɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe transport of goods by cart.
nounAny vehicular transportation of goods.
Sentence Examples
The company offered cartage services.
Cartage costs were factored into prices.
The invoice included a separate fee for the cartage of goods.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company paid a high fee for the ____ of goods across the city.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company charged extra for the ____ of the heavy machinery today.
Word Origin & 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Railways are forming in one quarter of this earth, canals in another, much cartage is wanted"
— 1848, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle:
"In these years, all long-distance freight went by rail, with local cartage by the railway's horses and carts."
— 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 42:
"I started general cartage work and hauling bagged cement to Pine Creek, south of Darwin."
— 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company paid a high fee for the ____ of goods across the city.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company charged extra for the ____ of the heavy machinery today.