Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
haulier .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hauliers.
Examples
-
It is unlikely that the fuel would find its way to the pump, but Sita aims to strike deals with local authorities and companies with commercial vehicle fleets such as hauliers and taxi firms.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
-
Carroll and other hauliers involved in previous protests have launched a new campaign group and website, Britishtruckers.com, which is aiming to draw public attention to their plight and put pressure on government to help.
Truckers threaten to blockade the streets as crude heads for $100 a barrel 2011
-
Reversing the rise will cost the Treasury almost £2bn, but Osborne is also known to be considering the more radical step of a fuel "stabiliser", which would placate motorists and hauliers by cushioning the blow of rising oil prices.
Budget 2011: Osborne will ease the pain while keeping his cutting edge 2011
-
Straw and Hutton say ministers are listening carefully to concerns of motorists as hauliers pour into London
-
He can act now, give some relief to motorists and hauliers, then look at the duty in the budget, then look at these issues of world oil prices in the next few weeks.
Petrol price: George Osborne pressed to cut VAT on fuel 2011
-
British hauliers drive over Westminster Bridge in central London to protest at fuel prices, on July 2, 2008.
Truckers threaten to blockade the streets as crude heads for $100 a barrel 2011
-
He broke this promise in December 2008 when he added 2p per litre to fuel duty to offset the reduction of VAT to 15 per cent - a move which angered hauliers who are able to claim fuel VAT back, but not fuel duty.
Gordon Brown breaks a promise Not a sheep 2009
-
With the price of fuel spiralling, hauliers already hit by rises in VAT and fuel duty are telling the government they've had enough
Truckers threaten to blockade the streets as crude heads for $100 a barrel 2011
-
This would reduce duty when fuel prices go up, and raise it when they go down, insulating motorists, hauliers and businesses from swings in the oil price.
Petrol price: George Osborne pressed to cut VAT on fuel 2011
-
I'm not quite sure what to make of today's protest by hauliers.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.