„Absorption“

1. An economic term for the total expenditures by a nation’s residents on goods and services.

2. The assumption by one carrier of the charges of another without any increase in the charges to the shipper.

Samuelson, P.A., Nordhaus, W.D. (2010). Economics. 19th ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York.

Hinkelman, Edward G. (2008). Dictionary of International Trade: Handbook of the Global Trade Community. 9th Edition. World Trade Press.