backhaul
A return trip after delivery of cargoA return trip after delivery of cargo.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A return trip after delivery of cargo.
Low rates for backhaul account for the huge volume of waste paper shipped to Asia from the US.
обра́тный рейсobrátnyj
(countable, uncountable)The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
(countable, uncountable)Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
(countable, uncountable)Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From back + haul.From back + haul.
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Forms
plural: backhaulsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.