Definition of transportation

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Transportation (n.) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance..

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Inland :: Inland (a.) Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc..
Package :: Package (n.) A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods..
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water..
Van :: Van (n.) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods..
Freight :: Freight (n.) That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight..
Merchantman :: Merchantman (n.) A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war..
Flatboat :: Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters..
Transportable :: Transportable (a.) Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense..
Freight :: Freight (n.) Freight transportation, or freight line..
Transportation :: Transportation (n.) Transport; ecstasy.
Pipage :: Pipage (n.) Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..
Affreight :: Affreight (v. t.) To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight..
Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) The transportation of freight.
Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..
Wainage :: Wainage (n.) A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc..
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad..
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation..
Water Carriage :: Water carriage () Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
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