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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Affreightment :: Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo..
Fraughting :: Fraughting (a.) Constituting the freight or cargo.
Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..
Laden :: Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart..
Fraught :: Fraught (n.) To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.
Freight :: Freight (n.) Freight transportation, or freight line..
Barcon :: Barcon (n.) A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..
Local :: Local (n.) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.
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..
Freight :: 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..
Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing..
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..
Freightless :: Freightless (a.) Destitute of freight.
Freighter :: Freighter (n.) A vessel used mainly to carry freight.
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object..
Tramway :: Tramway (n.) A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad..
Fraught :: Fraught (n.) A freight; a cargo.
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