| AFB | Air Force Base |
| a/k/a (aka) | Also known as |
| AQ | Any quantity |
| ATA | American Trucking Association, Inc. |
| Auth | Authority |
| C | Denotes 100 pounds |
| CN | Canada |
| c/o | Care of |
| COD | Collect on delivery |
| Col | Column |
| Conc | Concluded |
| Cont | Continued |
| CR | Certificate of Registration |
| Cwt | Per 100 pounds |
| Cy | County |
| d/b/a (dba) | Doing business as |
| Dkt | Docket |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| E | East |
| HGB | Household Goods Carriers Bureau |
| Hwy | Highway |
| Jct | Junction |
| KD | Knocked down |
| KDF | Knocked down first |
| LTL | Less Than Truckload |
| M | Denotes thousand pounds |
| MC | Minimum charge |
| M.C.C. (MCC) | Motor common carrier |
| MF | Motor Freight |
| Min | Minimum |
| MT (Mt) | Mount |
| MW | Minimum weight in pounds, except as otherwise provided |
| MX | Mexico |
| N | North |
| NMF (NMFC) | National Motor Freight Classification |
| NMFTA | National Motor Freight Transportation Association, Inc. |
| NO | Number |
| NOS | Numbers |
| NOI | Not otherwise more specifically described in NMFC |
| OZ | Ounce |
| PAR | Parish |
| PCF | Per cubic foot |
| Saia | Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC |
| S | South |
| Sec | Section |
| SMC | Southern Motor Carriers |
| SPLC | Standard point location code |
| STB | Surface Transportation Board |
| SU | Set-up |
| Sup | Supplement |
| SLC | Shipper load and count |
| STC | Said to contain |
| Thru | Through |
| TL | Truckload |
| UTC | Unable to count |
| Viz | Namely |
| VMW | Volume minimum weight in pounds, except as otherwise noted |
| Vol | Volume |
| Vol min wt | Volume minimum weight |
| W | West |
| Wt | Weight |
