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

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

Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..

Station :: Station (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc..

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

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

Freightless :: Freightless (a.) Destitute of freight.

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..

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

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

Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.

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

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

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

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

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 (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..

Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls..

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..

Overfreighted :: Overfreighted (imp. & p. p.) of Overfreigh.

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