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freight
[freyt] 
–noun
| 1. | goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air. |
| 2. | the ordinary conveyance or means of transport of goods provided by common carriers (distinguished from express ): Shipping by freight is less expensive. |
| 3. | the charges, fee, or compensation paid for such transportation: We pay the freight. |
| 4. | (esp. in Britain) the cargo, or any part of the cargo, of a vessel; merchandise transported by water. |
| 5. | Chiefly British. transportation of goods by water. |
| 6. | freight train. |
| 7. | Slang. cost or price, esp. when high: I'd like a larger house, but can't afford the freight. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to load; burden: a story heavily freighted with private meaning. |
| 9. | to load with goods or merchandise for transportation: It took all night to freight the ship. |
| 10. | to transport as freight; send by freight. |
Related forms:
freightless, adjective
Synonyms:
1. Freight, cargo, shipment refer to goods being transported from place to place. Freight is the general term for goods transported from one place to another by any means: to send freight from New York to New Orleans. Cargo is the term generally used for goods carried by ship or plane: to send a cargo to Europe. Shipment is a quantity of goods destined for a particular place, no matter how sent: a shipment of potatoes. 3. freightage, haulage. 8. charge.
1. Freight, cargo, shipment refer to goods being transported from place to place. Freight is the general term for goods transported from one place to another by any means: to send freight from New York to New Orleans. Cargo is the term generally used for goods carried by ship or plane: to send a cargo to Europe. Shipment is a quantity of goods destined for a particular place, no matter how sent: a shipment of potatoes. 3. freightage, haulage. 8. charge.
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| freight (frāt) n.
[Middle English fraught, freight, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht; see aik- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Freight
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
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
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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Language Translation for : freight
Spanish:
carga, mercancías,
German:
die Fracht, Fracht-…,
Japanese:
貨物 (の)
freight
1228, from M.Du. or M.L.G. vracht, vrecht, originally "cost of transport," probably from O.Fris., from P.Gmc. *fra-aihtiz "absolute possession, property," from *fra-, intensive prefix + *aik "to be master of, possess." Freighter "vessel for cargo" first recorded 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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