[freyt] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| freight (frāt) n.
[Middle English fraught, freight, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht; see aik- in Indo-European roots.] |
