FREIGHT

freight, freightage

(noun) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates

cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment

(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle

freight, freightage, freight rate

(noun) the charge for transporting something by common carrier; “we pay the freight”; “the freight rate is usually cheaper”

freight

(verb) load with goods for transportation

freight

(verb) transport commercially as cargo

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

freight (usually uncountable, plural freights)

Payment for transportation.

Goods or items in transport.

Transport of goods.

(figurative) Cultural or emotional associations.

Synonyms

• cargo

• luggage

Verb

freight (third-person singular simple present freights, present participle freighting, simple past and past participle freighted)

(transitive) To transport (goods).

To load with freight. Also figurative.

Anagrams

• fighter, refight

Source: Wiktionary

Freight, n. Etym: [F. fret, OHG. fr 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.

Definition: 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.] Etym: [Cf. F. freter.]

Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition