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• Rate: the charge for transporting a shipment.
• Rate Base Number: number used to determine rates applicable between two points.
• Rate Basis Point: point on which rate are made or at which the rate is divided; or point to which other points are assigned for purposes of determining rates.
• Rate Scale: a table of rates graduated according to distances or zones.
• Reconsignment: a change in the route made in a consignment before the arrival of the goods at their billed destination; or any change made in a consignment after the arrival of goods at their billed destination, when the change is made under conditions which make it subject to the reconsignment rules and charges of Yellow.
• Released Value: value of goods set by shipper in consideration of rate to be charged.
• Reportable Quantity (RQ): a hazardous substance defined by the DOT with specific quantity limits per package that require notification of the National Response Center and if the specified quantity is released as the result of a spill.
• Reshipment: goods reshipped under conditions which do not made the act subject to the reconsignment rules and charges of the carrier.
• Restricted Articles: articles which are handled only under certain conditions.
• Return to Shipper: any shipment returned to the same location at which it was originally tendered to the carrier.
• Route: the course or direction that a shipment moves.