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backhaul definition

back·haul (-hôl′)

noun

the return trip made, as by a truck or cargo ship, after delivering a load to a specified destination

intransitive verb

to make such a trip, often with no load as required by regulations

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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