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unit loads

unit loads is the plural of unit load.

Meaning of unit load

Noun

unit load (plural unit loads)

  1. A number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.
    • At the time, international deep-sea shipping remained a loose cargo operation, although BR did seek to influence conversion to unit loads by providing a containerised short sea shipping service between Harwich and Rotterdam in 1968.2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68

Questions about unit loads

What is unit loads the plural of?
Unit loads is the plural of unit load.

Words near unit loads in the dictionary

  1. unit interval
  2. unit intervals
  3. unit jar
  4. unit jars
  5. unit load
  6. unit loads
  7. unit matrices
  8. unit matrix
  9. unit matrixes
  10. unit of account
  11. unit of alcohol

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