Meanings
plural waybills · alternative way bill
- A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
present singular third person waybills · participle present waybilling · participle past waybilled · past waybilled · alternative way bill
- transitiveTo provide (cargo) with a waybill document.
[…] the Association may counteract the tendency to place an embargo on the free movement of freight in order to perpetuate an inadequate system of waybilling and rewaybilling at junction points.
1918, Report of the Railway Accounting Officers Association, page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian товарителница
- товарителница (tovaritelnica)document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Danish fragtbrev
- fragtbrevdocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Dutch vrachtbrief
- vrachtbriefdocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Finnish rahtikirja
- rahtikirjadocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
French lettre de voiture
- lettre de voituredocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
German Frachtbrief
- Frachtbriefdocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Hungarian fuvarlevél
- fuvarlevéldocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Irish bille iompair
- bille iompairdocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Italian lettera di vettura, lettera di trasporto
- lettera di vetturadocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
- lettera di trasportodocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
- bolladocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Polish konosament, ceduła
- konosamentdocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
- ceduładocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Portuguese carta de porte, guia de transporte
- carta de portedocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
- guia de transportedocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Russian путево́й лист, накладна́я
- путево́й лист (putevój list)document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
- накладна́я (nakladnája)document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
- коносаме́нт (konosamént)document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Spanish carta de porte, guía de embarque
- carta de portedocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
- guía de embarquedocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Swedish fraktsedel
- fraktsedeldocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Welsh teithrestr
- teithrestrdocument that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with waybill
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waybill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waybill
“waybill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waybill. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waybill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waybill.
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