HANDLING Definition & Meaning

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handling

[ hand-ling ]

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noun

a touching, grasping, or using with the hands.
the manner of treating or dealing with something; management; treatment.
the manual or mechanical method or process by which something is moved, carried, transported, etc.

adjective

of or relating to the process of moving, transporting, delivering, working with, etc.:
The factory added a 10 percent handling charge for delivery.

handling

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noun

the act or an instance of picking up, turning over, or touching something
treatment, as of a theme in literature
1. the process by which a commodity is packaged, transported, etc
2. ( as modifier )
  handling charges
law the act of receiving property that one knows or believes to be stolen

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of handling¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English handlung (noun); equivalent to handle + -ing ¹

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Just four in 10 voters view his handling the economy and trade favorably, according to an AP-NORC poll conducted in late March.

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Crowley has defended her handling of the blaze and accused Bass of making “multiple, false accusations.”

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Lawson struggled to come to terms with the wayward handling of the Red Bull car.

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State Farm, the largest home insurer in California, continues to seek approval of a 22% emergency rate hike even as it faces complaints over its handling of insurance claims.

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His appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, the principal administrative agency handling labor-management conflict, interpreted the 90-year old National Labor Relations Act so as to enhance the rights of workers to organize.

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