Glossary of Terms

Abandon
Acceptance
Accessorial Service
Act of God
Adjustment
Advance
Affidavit
Agent
Aggregated Shipments
Agreed Valuation
Agreed Weight
Allowance
Alternative Rate
Alternative Tariff
Amendment
Any Quantity Rate (AQ Rate)
Approved Supplier
Arbitrary
Area
Arrival Notice
As Is
Assign
Assignee
Assignor
Astray Freight
Audit of Freight Bills
Axle Weight
Back Haul
Back Order
Basing Point
Basing Rate
Bill of Lading (B/L or BOL)
Bill of Sale
Billed Weight
Blanket Rate
Blocking
Bob Tail
Bond of Indemnity
Bonded Warehouse
Booking
Bracing
Break Bulk
Break Bulk Point
Breakdown (handling product)
Brokerage
Bulk Freight
Burden of Proof
Buyer's Market
Cab
Cab Over - Engine Motor Truck or Truck Tractor
Cargo
Carmack Amendment
Carrier
Carrier's Lien
Cartage (Local)
Certificate of Weight
Charges (Payment of Transportation Charges)
Chassis
Chimney Block
Circuitous Route
Claim
Claim Agent
Claimant
Class and Commodity Tariff
Class Rate
Class Tariff
Classification
Classification Rating
Clean Bill of Lading
Clearing House
Collect Shipment
Combination
Combination Rate
Commercial Zone
Commodity
Commodity Rate
Commodity Tariff
Common Carrier
Common Law
Complainant
Complaint
Concealed Damage
Concealed Loss
Concurrence (Tariff)
Confidentiality Policy
Connecting Carrier
Consign
Consignee
Consignment
Consignor
Consolidation
Container
Container (Van Body Type)
Container Yard
Continuous Seals
Continuous Service
Contract
Cost Plus
Credit
Crossdock
Cubic Capacity
Cubic Foot
Dead Head
Deduction
Delivering Carrier
Delivery
Demurrage
Density
Destination
Detention
Dispatch
Distance Rate
Distribution
Diversion
Divert
Division
Dock
Driver
Due Bill
Dunnage
Duty
Embargo
Eminent Domain
En route
Entry (Customs)
Estimated Weight
Ex Dock
Ex Factory
Exceptions to Classification
Exclusive Use of Truck
Expediting
Export
Fifth Wheel
Final
Fixed Charges
Flammable Liquids
Flat Rate
Flat-Bed
FMCSA
FOB
Foreign or Free Trade Zones (FTZ)
Fork Lift
Free Astray
Free on Board (FOB)
Free Time
Freight
Freight Bill
Freight Charge
Freight Claim
Freight Classification
Freight Forwarder
Fuel Surcharge (FSC)
Goods
Gross Weight
Guarantee
Guaranty
Handling (Freight)
Handling (Warehouse)
Head Haul
High Cube
High Density
Hot Load
Icing Charge
Identification (of Product)
Import
In Bond
Initial Carrier
Initial Point
Inter
Interchange
Interchange Points
Interline
Intermediate Carrier
Intermediate Point
Interstate
Interstate Commerce
Interstate Traffic
Intra
Intrastate
Intrastate Traffic
Inventory
Invoice
Job
Joint Rate
Joint Routes
Joint Through Rate
Joint Traffic
Jurisdiction
Knocked Down
Known Damage
Known Loss
Lading
Landed Price
Layover Time
Legal Weight
Less Than Truckload (LTL)
Less than Truckload Rate
Letter of Credit
Lien
Lift Tail Gate
Line Haul
Link
Load
Load Coordination
Load Coordinator
Local Cartage Carrier
Local Rate
Local Tariff
Log Book
Logistics
Loose
LTL
Lumper
Manifest
Maximum Rate
Measurement
Memorandum Bill of lading
Mile
Mileage
Mileage Rate
Mileage Tariff
Minimum Charge
Minimum Rate
Minimum Truckload Weight
Mixed Truckload
Mixed Truckload Rate
Mixing Privileges
Mode
Motor Carrier
Negligence
Nested
Net Cash
Net Price
Net Weight
No Show
One-Way
Operating Expense
Operating Ratio
Order Bill of Lading
Organization
Origin Carrier
OSHA
OSHA Certification
Over Short and Damage (OS&D)
Over the Road (OTR)
Overage
Overcharge
Packing List
Pallet
Pallet Pattern
Palletized
Panel Body
Partial
Peddle Run
Per Annum
Per Centum (CWT)
Per Se
Perishable Freight
Permits
Pickup or Delivery Allowance
Piggyback
Point of Origin
Prepaid Shipment
Prepay
Pro Number
Pro Rata
Procurement Lead Time
Product Protection (Program)
Product Realization
Proof of Delivery
Proportional Rate
Proportional Tariff
Proposal
Prorate
Public Service Commission
Publication
Purchase Order
Quality & Business Management System
Quotation Expiration Date
Ramp
Rate
Rate Basis
Rate Breaking Point
Rate Scale
Rating
Ratio, Operating
Reciprocity
Reefer
Refund
Reimbursement
Released Rate or Valuation
Repalletize
Reshipment
Restricted Articles
Retroactive
Return or Return Haul
Round-Trip
Route
Seal
Seller's Market
Semi-trailer
Service Realization
Set Up
Shipment
Shipper's Export Declaration
Shipper's Load and Count
Shipping Order
Shipping Papers
Shortage
Skid
Sort and segregate
Special Service
Split Pickup or Delivery
Standard Rate
Standard Route
Start
Stated Refrigeration Charge
Statute of Limitation
Stop in Transit
Storage
Store Door Delivery
Straight Bill of Lading
Straight Truck
Strategies
Supplement (Tariff)
Supplier
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management
Surcharge
Tailgate delivery
Tandem Axle
Tare Weight
Tariff
Tender
Terminal
Third Structure Tax
Through Bill of Lading
Through Rate
Tolerance
Toll
Trace
Tractor
Traffic
Trailer
Trailer Interchange
Trailer on Flatcar
Transportation
Truck Mile Earnings
Truckload
Turn Around
Unclaimed Freight
Undercharge
Underlying Carrier
Unloading (Loading)
Valuation, Actual
Value added Tax (VAT)
Warehouse Receipt
Warehouse Release
Warehousing
Zone