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 (distinguished from express): Shipping by freight is less expensive.
the charges, fee, or compensation paid for such transportation: We pay the freight.
(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.
to load with goods or merchandise for transportation: It took all night to freight the ship.
to transport as freight; send by freight.
Origin of freight
1350–1400; Middle English freyght (noun), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht. See fraught
SYNONYMS FOR freight
3 freightage, haulage.
8 charge.
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synonym study for freight
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM freight
freightless,adjectiveo·ver·freight,verb (used with object)un·freight·ed,adjective
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Accordingly, Horowitz encouraged Tristan to abandon a few of his earliest ideas—one to revolutionize freight, another tackling childhood obesity with play—and instead to pursue this thing he was uniquely experienced to execute.
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A similar subscription model is planned by Nikola, but Nikola is focused largely on commercial electric freight trucks and is expected to require more commitment from customers.
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Up in the tower, Bucca was joined by Battalion Chief Orio Palmer, who had managed to get a freight elevator to bring him part way.
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Toledo is a tough city, a factory town, a freight train junction, a lake steamer port.
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The danger is a bigger fire in an under-floor baggage or freight hold.
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Charges for freight and passenger travel were enormous in the early days of the road.
Prowling about Panama|George A. Miller
He and his companions had broken open a freight car and had brought each a good load.
Ralph on the Overland Express|Allen Chapman
Freight was scarce and, had it not been for government shipments, some of the railroads would have been abandoned.
The Sequel of Appomattox|Walter Lynwood Fleming
You promised to freight my ship ere I departed, and so you shall; or I mean to load her with your dead carcasses.
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By this route fifty dollars was saved on every ton of freight from Ottawa to the middle north.
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British Dictionary definitions for freight
freight
/ (freɪt) /
noun
commercial transport that is slower and cheaper than express
the price charged for such transport
goods transported by this means
(as modifier)freight transport
mainlyBritisha ship's cargo or part of it
verb(tr)
to load with goods for transport
mainlyUS and Canadianto convey commercially as or by freight
to load or burden; charge
Derived forms of freight
freightless, adjective
Word Origin for freight
C16: from Middle Dutch vrecht; related to French fret, Spanish flete, Portuguese frete