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Average :: Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A freight car.

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..

Primage :: Primage (n.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain..

Freight :: Freight (n.) Freight transportation, or freight line..

Lading :: Lading (n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship..

Laden :: Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart..

Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..

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..

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.

Strutted :: Struse (n.) A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.

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..

Freighted :: Freighted (imp. & p. p.) of Freigh.

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..

Freightage :: Freightage (n.) The transportation of freight.

Overfreighting :: Overfreighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfreigh.

Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

Affreight :: Affreight (v. t.) To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight..

Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A freight car on a railway.

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..

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