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freight⋅age

  [frey-tij]
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–noun
1. the transportation of goods.
2. the price for this.
3. freight, cargo, or lading.
Origin:
1685–95; freight + -age
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freight   (frāt)   
n.  

  1. Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo.

  2. A burden; a load.

    1. Commercial transportation of goods.

    2. The charge for transporting goods. Also called freightage.

  4. A railway train carrying goods only.

tr.v.   freight·ed, freight·ing, freights

  1. To convey commercially as cargo.

  2. To load with goods to be transported.


[Middle English fraught, freight, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht; see aik- in Indo-European roots.]
freight·age   (frā'tĭj)   
n.  

  1. See freight.

  2. Cargo.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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