Definition of Lading

1. Noun. Goods carried by a large vehicle.

Exact synonyms: Cargo, Consignment, Freight, Load, Loading, Payload, Shipment
Generic synonyms: Merchandise, Product, Ware
Derivative terms: Freight, Lade, Load, Load, Ship

Definition of Lading

1. n. The act of loading.

Definition of Lading

1. Noun. The action of loading. ¹

2. Noun. Shipment, cargo, freight. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of lade) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lading

1. cargo; freight [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lading

ladies and gentlemen
ladies auxiliary
ladies first
ladies man
ladies men
ladies of leisure
ladies of the night
ladies room
ladies who lunch
ladieswear
ladified
ladifies
ladify
ladifying
ladin
lading (current term)
lading-can
ladings
ladinos
ladkin
ladkins
ladle
ladled
ladleful
ladlefuls
ladler
ladlers
ladles
ladles and jellyspoons
ladlesful

Literary usage of Lading

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"not so delivered as in and by said bill of lading is recited and ... bill of lading was executed without the receipt by its said agent of any of said cotton ..."

2. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Order bills of lading are required to be printed upon yellow paper; straight bills of lading are required to be printed on white paper. ..."

3. The Law of Railways: Embracing the Law of Corporations, Eminent Domain by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1888)
"Bill of lading receipting for goods in good order. Effect on carrier. 2. ... Bill of lading, to what extent explained by oral evidence. 4. ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Carriers $=»174—Delivery at original destination to another carrier for transportation to another destination, as requested by holder of bill of lading, ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"But so far as the fertilizer company is concerned the delivery of the bill of lading amounted to an actual delivery of the guano itself. ..."

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