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noun

lading

goods carried by a large vehicle

In a sentence

Six example sentences with lading, each labelled with its topic.

  • The ferry's lading of crated melons and bicycles shifted in the swell, and crew members lashed everything down again.

    Travel

  • A single galleon's lading of silver, silk, and porcelain could fund a Spanish garrison for an entire year.

    History

  • Port statistics track the lading of every container ship, and that tonnage predicts factory orders two quarters ahead.

    Economics

  • The warehouse refused the truck because its lading did not match the manifest, three pallets short of the order.

    Business

  • In court the dispute turned on whether the damaged lading had been stowed as the shipping contract required.

    Law

  • The bank lent against the freighter's lading, so its inspectors counted every container before the money was released.

    Finance

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