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carload definition

☆ car·load (kär′lōd′)

noun

  1. a load that fills a car, esp. a freight car
  2. the minimum weight of a specific commodity qualifying as a carload of that commodity in railroad shipping rates

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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