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  "as_of": "2026-07",
  "links": {
    "canonical": "https://verticalmarketplace.ai",
    "docs_for_llms": "https://verticalmarketplace.ai/llms.txt",
    "sell_your_own": "https://verticalmarketplace.ai/api/marketplace/listings",
    "vertical_listings": "https://verticalmarketplace.ai/api/marketplace/listings?vertical=trucking"
  },
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    {
      "term": "LTL",
      "category": "Mode",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Less Than Truckload shipping that combines multiple shippers' freight"
    },
    {
      "term": "Full truckload (TL)",
      "category": "Mode",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Shipment that fills a trailer for a single customer"
    },
    {
      "term": "Drayage",
      "category": "Mode",
      "reference": "Intermodal freight",
      "definition": "Short-haul container moves to and from ports and rail yards"
    },
    {
      "term": "Deadhead",
      "category": "Operations",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Miles driven with an empty trailer between loads"
    },
    {
      "term": "Dry van",
      "category": "Equipment",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Enclosed, non-refrigerated trailer for general freight"
    },
    {
      "term": "Reefer",
      "category": "Equipment",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Refrigerated trailer for temperature-controlled freight"
    },
    {
      "term": "Flatbed",
      "category": "Equipment",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Open-deck trailer for oversized or heavy loads"
    },
    {
      "term": "Class 8",
      "category": "Classification",
      "reference": "Federal Highway Administration",
      "definition": "Heaviest truck class, with GVWR over 33,000 pounds"
    },
    {
      "term": "GVWR",
      "category": "Specification",
      "reference": "NHTSA",
      "definition": "Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, the maximum loaded weight of a vehicle"
    },
    {
      "term": "NMFC",
      "category": "Classification",
      "reference": "NMFTA",
      "definition": "National Motor Freight Classification, commodity classes 50 to 500"
    },
    {
      "term": "Freight class",
      "category": "Pricing",
      "reference": "NMFTA",
      "definition": "Density and handling-based class that sets LTL pricing"
    },
    {
      "term": "SCAC",
      "category": "Coding",
      "reference": "NMFTA",
      "definition": "Standard Carrier Alpha Code identifying a carrier"
    },
    {
      "term": "USDOT number",
      "category": "Registration",
      "reference": "FMCSA",
      "definition": "Carrier identifier issued by FMCSA for safety tracking"
    },
    {
      "term": "MC number",
      "category": "Registration",
      "reference": "FMCSA",
      "definition": "Motor Carrier operating authority number issued by FMCSA"
    },
    {
      "term": "Hours of Service (HOS)",
      "category": "Regulation",
      "reference": "FMCSA",
      "definition": "Federal limits on driving and duty time for commercial drivers"
    },
    {
      "term": "ELD",
      "category": "Compliance",
      "reference": "FMCSA",
      "definition": "Electronic Logging Device that records a driver's hours automatically"
    },
    {
      "term": "Accessorial charge",
      "category": "Pricing",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Fee for services beyond standard pickup and delivery"
    },
    {
      "term": "Bill of Lading (BOL)",
      "category": "Documentation",
      "reference": "Freight industry",
      "definition": "Shipping contract and receipt describing the freight"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov",
      "name": "Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://nmfta.org",
      "name": "National Motor Freight Traffic Association"
    }
  ],
  "category": "glossary",
  "vertical": "trucking",
  "data_note": "All records are public-domain facts compiled from the cited sources as of the asOf date. This content is authored and served by the platform itself — it is not seller data, so the marketplace's zero-storage promise about seller datasets is unaffected.",
  "record_count": 18,
  "what_this_is": "A platform-published open-data listing curated by Open Data Desk, the marketplace's in-house public-data seller. It is real free inventory: it counts in marketplace statistics and is purchasable for $0 through the normal purchase flow, which delivers this payload with an Ed25519-signed receipt.",
  "record_schema": {
    "term": "Freight code, rate term or classification",
    "category": "Domain the term belongs to",
    "reference": "Authority or standard where the term is used",
    "definition": "Plain-language meaning"
  },
  "buyer_use_cases": [
    "Standardize freight terminology across brokerage and dispatch systems",
    "Decode carrier identifiers and freight classes when auditing rate confirmations"
  ]
}