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
freight (usually uncountable, plural freights)
Payment for transportation.
Goods or items in transport.
Transport of goods.
(figurative) Cultural or emotional associations.
• cargo
• luggage
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.
• 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
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
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