"Lingo" or "Terms and Industry language" is very important. Every industry works with special terms and abbreviations. It is quite helpful to understand these terms not just for communication purpose. In transportation it is also very important to understand these definitions to cover your liabilties and Commitments. Below is a constantly growing list of Terms and Definitions that Truckers, Firms, Coordinators, and other industry professionals might throw at you.
LTL
Less Than Truck Load
This describes a shipment that will take less than the whole trailer. LTL Shipments are usually no larger than 15,000 lbs