Definition of freight

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Freight (n.) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.

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Strutted :: Struse (n.) A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.
Overfreighted :: Overfreighted (imp. & p. p.) of Overfreigh.
Lading :: Lading (n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship..
Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
Freight :: Freight (n.) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
Freight :: Freight (v. t.) To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car..
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..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Laden :: Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.
Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..
Gondola :: Gondola (n.) A flat-bottomed boat for freight.
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..
Traffic :: Traffic (v.) The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried..
Fraught :: Fraught (n.) To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.
Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship..
Affreight :: Affreight (v. t.) To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or 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..
Bulker :: Bulker (n.) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them..
Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing..
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