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freight

[ freyt ]

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noun

goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
the ordinary conveyance or means of transport of goods provided by common carriers ( express ):
Shipping by freight is less expensive.
the charges, fee, or compensation paid for such transportation:
We pay the freight.
Synonyms: haulage, freightage
(especially in Britain) the cargo, or any part of the cargo, of a vessel; merchandise transported by water.
Chiefly British. transportation of goods by water.
freight train.
Slang. cost or price, especially when high:
I'd like a larger house, but can't afford the freight.

verb (used with object)

to load; burden:
a story heavily freighted with private meaning.
Synonyms: charge
to load with goods or merchandise for transportation:
It took all night to freight the ship.
to transport as freight; send by freight.

freight

/ freɪt /

noun

1. commercial transport that is slower and cheaper than express
2. the price charged for such transport
3. goods transported by this means
4. ( as modifier )
  freight transport
a ship's cargo or part of it

verb

to load with goods for transport
to convey commercially as or by freight
to load or burden; charge

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Derived Forms

ˈfreightless, adjective

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Other Words From

freightless adjective
over·freight verb (used with object)
un·freighted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of freight¹

1350–1400; Middle English freyght (noun), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht. See fraught

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Word History and Origins

Origin of freight¹

C16: from Middle Dutch vrecht ; related to French fret , Spanish flete , Portuguese frete

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Synonym Study

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.

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