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Definition of "drayage" [dray•age]

  • Transport by dray. (noun)
  • A charge for transport by dray. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "drayage" in a sentence
  • "How drayage is handled in this country will change."
  • "The company offers drayage, which is the hauling of shipping containers between modes of transportation or to their destinations."
  • "Because they are largely restricted to short-run hops over the border, most Mexican trucks entering the US are run by so-called "drayage" operations that use older vehicles more likely to fail inspection tests."
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