Meaning of FREIGHT
| Pronunciation: | | freyt
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- [n] transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
- [n] goods carried by a large vehicle
- [n] the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight," or"the freight rate is usually cheaper"
- [v] load with goods for transportation
- [v] transport by freight
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| | Synonyms: | | cargo, consignment, freight rate, freightage, freightage, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
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| | See Also: | | charge, charge per unit, merchandise, product, rate, shipping, transport, transport, transportation, wares | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Freight\, n. [F. fret, OHG. fr?ht merit, reward. See
{Fraught}, n.]
1. That with which anything in fraught or laden for
transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a
car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full
freight.
2. (Law)
(a) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a
ship for the use of what is thus hired.
(b) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of
goods. --Wharton.
3. Freight transportation, or freight line.
\Freight\, a.
Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with
freight; as, a freight car.
{Freight agent}, a person employed by a transportation
company to receive, forward, or deliver goods.
{Freight car}. See under {Car}.
{Freight train}, a railroad train made up of freight cars; --
called in England goods train.
\Freight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freighted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Freighting}.] [Cf. F. freter.]
To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for
transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with
freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.
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