carriage forward

adjective, adverb (written abbreviation carr. fwd.) UK

Definition

› TRANSPORT used to show that the cost of shipping goods will be payed by the buyer: Where it is agreed that goods are to be despatched carriage forward, they will be consigned by the cheapest route.

(Definition of carriage forward adjectiveadverb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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