FREIGHTAGE

freight, freightage

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

freight, freightage, freight rate

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

freightage (countable and uncountable, plural freightages)

The transportation of goods.

The price of transporting goods.

Source: Wiktionary


Freight"age, n.

1. Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.

2. The transportation of freight.

3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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