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| Term | Definition |
| P & D | Pickup and Delivery. |
| Pallet | A platform with or without sides, on which a number of packages or pieces may be loaded to facilitate handling. |
| Piggyback | The transportation of highway trailers or removable trailer bodies on rail cars specifically equipped for the service. It is essentially a joint carrier movement in which the motor carrier forms a pickup and delivery operations to a rail terminal, as well as a delivery operation at the terminating rail head. |
| Private Carrier | A company which maintains its own trucks to transport its own freight. |