FREIGHT Definition & Meaning

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freight

[ freyt ]

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noun

goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
the ordinary conveyance or means of transport of goods provided by common carriers ( express ):
Shipping by freight is less expensive.
the charges, fee, or compensation paid for such transportation:
We pay the freight.
Synonyms: ,
(especially in Britain) the cargo, or any part of the cargo, of a vessel; merchandise transported by water.
Chiefly British. transportation of goods by water.
freight train.
Slang. cost or price, especially when high:
I'd like a larger house, but can't afford the freight.

verb (used with object)

to load; burden:
a story heavily freighted with private meaning.
Synonyms:
to load with goods or merchandise for transportation:
It took all night to freight the ship.
to transport as freight; send by freight.

freight

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noun

1. commercial transport that is slower and cheaper than express
2. the price charged for such transport
3. goods transported by this means
4. ( as modifier )
  freight transport
a ship's cargo or part of it

verb

to load with goods for transport
to convey commercially as or by freight
to load or burden; charge

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Derived Forms

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of freight¹

1350–1400; Middle English freyght (noun), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht. See fraught

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of freight¹

C16: from Middle Dutch vrecht ; related to French fret , Spanish flete , Portuguese frete

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Synonym Study

Freight, cargo, shipment refer to goods being transported from place to place. Freight is the general term for goods transported from one place to another by any means: to send freight from New York to New Orleans. Cargo is the term generally used for goods carried by ship or plane: to send a cargo to Europe. Shipment is a quantity of goods destined for a particular place, no matter how sent: a shipment of potatoes.

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"Ports and freight are vital to our economy and the Welsh government has ignored these areas for too long," he said.

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But she’s doing so here as an unmarried Black woman with all the unspoken freight that entails.

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We take it for granted that private companies play a pivotal role in providing our water, electricity, gas, railways, ports and freight.

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One former player compared him to a "freight train", saying he was intense and opinionated.

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Owner of logistics and supply chain company PS Forwarding, Jason Bona, told the Today programme the incident made Heathrow a "laughing stock" in the global freight community.

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