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Meaning of 'freight' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Freight [ a.]
- Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
2 . Freight [ n.]
- 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.
- The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
- The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
- Freight transportation, or freight line.
3 . Freight [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'freight' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . freight [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the charge for transporting something by common carrier
Example in sentence:
  • the freight rate is usually cheaper;
  • we pay the freight

Nearby Words:

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