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Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.

Affreightment :: Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo..

Depot :: Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.

Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One employed in receiving and forwarding 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..

Fraught :: Fraught (a.) Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.

Freighter :: Freighter (n.) A vessel used mainly to carry freight.

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

Overfreight :: Overfreight (v. t.) To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload..

Affreighter :: Affreighter (n.) One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship..

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.

Freight :: Freight (a.) Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car..

Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise..

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..

Freighting :: Freighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freigh.

Fraught :: Fraught (n.) A freight; a cargo.

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..

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

Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..

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