containerload en · NOUN
Etymology
From container + load.
Meanings
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An amount of goods shipped in a container, especially a shipping container.
“But we never wanted to be competing with our retailers, and we didn’t want to get involved with selling to one consumer at a time because we’re used to selling containerloads of product and we don’t have a huge staff for that.”
2007 August 13, Bob Tedeschi, “Manufacturers Find Ways to Navigate Web Retailing”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| containerloads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
trailerload · truckload · shipload · boatload · containerful · carload · wagonload