Bilty

Bilty (also spelled builty or bilti) is the colloquial North Indian term for a Lorry Receipt. There is no legal difference between a bilty and an LR; the word simply travelled through Hindi-speaking transport markets and stuck. A driver asking for the bilty and a finance team asking for the LR copy are asking for the same document.

The word derives from the English 'bill of lading', shortened over decades of use in transport nagars from Delhi to Kanpur. You will hear it most in booking offices, transport hubs and among owner-drivers, while formal contracts and software tend to say LR or consignment note.

Because the terms are used interchangeably, fleet software has to accept both. Searching by bilty number and by LR number should return the same consignment, and printed formats usually carry both labels so the document is recognised wherever it lands.