Definition of freight

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Freight (n.) 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..

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Barcon :: Barcon (n.) A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.
Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Freight :: Freight (n.) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
Freightless :: Freightless (a.) Destitute of freight.
Moses :: Moses (n.) A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship..
Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..
Affreighter :: Affreighter (n.) One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A freight car on a railway.
Affreight :: Affreight (v. t.) To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight..
Freight :: Freight (n.) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.
Empty :: Empty (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.
Depot :: Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.
Cargo :: Cargo (n.) The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight..
Freight :: Freight (a.) Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car..
Affreightment :: Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo..
Overfreighted :: Overfreighted (imp. & p. p.) of Overfreigh.
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