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- Dictionaryfreight/freɪt/
noun
- 1. goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft: "a decline in the amount of freight carried by rail" Similar
- 2. a freight train: US "I can hear the regular wail of the twelve o'clock freight from my house"
verb
- 1. transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft: "the metals had been freighted from the city"
- 2. be laden or burdened with: "each word was freighted with anger"
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1. a. : the compensation paid for the transportation of goods. b. : cost. help pay the freight. 2. a. : goods to be shipped : cargo. The freight arrived by steamboat. b. : load, burden. The man staggered under a freight of small logs in a basket. c. : meaning sense 3, significance.
FREIGHT definition: 1. goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train…. Learn more.
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting these goods: carry freight The ship carries both freight and passengers. a freight company. air freight Kenyan farmers rely on air freight to sell their goods abroad.
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.
1. Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo. 2. A burden; a load. 3. a. Commercial transportation of goods. b. The charge for transporting goods.
Like many nouns that can mean an action as well as an actual thing, freight refers to either the sending of goods or the goods themselves. It can also mean the charge for sending goods. You pay freight for the freight of your freight. Freight can also be used as a verb.
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.
FREIGHT definition: goods that are carried by trains, trucks, ships, or aircraft. Learn more.
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.
noun. /freɪt/. /freɪt/. [uncountable] goods that are transported by ships, planes, trains or lorries; the system of transporting goods in this way. to send goods by air freight. a freight business. passenger and freight transportation services. Extra Examples.
