"freight" Definition

Definitions for the word "freight" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Freight transportation, or freight line.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 transport of goods in containers or by water or air, or (us) by land. 2 goods transported; cargo, load. 3 charge for the transport of goods. v. Transport as or load with freight. [low german or dutch vrecht]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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