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Definitions for: Freight
[n] transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
[n] goods carried by a large vehicle
[n] the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight," or"the freight rate is usually cheaper"
[v] load with goods for transportation
[v] transport by freight
Webster (1913) Definition: 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, 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, 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.
Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight rate, freightage, freightage, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment
See Also: charge, charge per unit, merchandise, product, rate, shipping, transport, transport, transportation, wares
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