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Meaning of haulier | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈhɔːliə(ɹ)/

Definitions

  1. A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.
  2. A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.

Equivalents

Svenska åkare åkeri

Examples

“DB Cargo is the haulier for the Immingham-Drax flow. Its trains comprise purpose-built covered hoppers that can run at 60mph loaded and 75mph empty.”
“Hauliers are up in arms over higher tolls, while some doctors – including, from 9 January, specialists – could decide to close surgeries in support of the medical profession’s demands for more state support for an overloaded system.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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