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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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..
Deportation :: Deportation (n.) The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation..
Pack :: Pack (n.) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater..
Transportable :: Transportable (a.) Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense..
Wainage :: Wainage (n.) A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc..
Traduction :: Traduction (n.) The act of transferring; conveyance; 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..
Transportment :: Transportment (n.) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation..
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) The transportation of freight.
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water..
Wain :: Wain (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon..
Crate :: Crate (n.) A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares..
Train :: Train (v.) A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like..
Pipage :: Pipage (n.) Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation..
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation..
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) Conveyance; means of transportation.
Bale :: Bale (n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation..
Rate :: Rate (n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation..
Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies..
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