„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.

Source:

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.