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affreight

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af⋅freight

  [uh-freyt]
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–verb (used with object)
to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.
Origin:
1840–50; < F affréter (resp. by influence of freight), equiv. to a- a- 5 (< L ad- ad- ) + fréter to hire a ship, deriv. of fret freight, OF < MD

Related forms:
af⋅freight⋅er, noun
af⋅freight⋅ment, noun
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