freight

freight

 (frāt)

n.

1. Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo.

2. A burden; a load.

3.

a. Commercial transportation of goods.

b. The charge for transporting goods. Also called freightage.

4. A railway train carrying goods only.

tr.v. freight·ed, freight·ing, freights

1. To convey commercially as cargo.

2. To load with goods to be transported.

3. To imbue with a specified element or elements: freighted her words with innuendo.

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[Middle English fraught, freight, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht; see aik- in Indo-European roots.]

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freight

(freɪt)

n

1. (Commerce)

a. commercial transport that is slower and cheaper than express

b. the price charged for such transport

c. goods transported by this means

d. (as modifier): freight transport.

2. (Commerce) chiefly Brit a ship's cargo or part of it

vb (tr)

3. (Commerce) to load with goods for transport

4. (Commerce) chiefly US and Canadian to convey commercially as or by freight

5. to load or burden; charge

[C16: from Middle Dutch vrecht; related to French fret, Spanish flete, Portuguese frete]

ˈfreightless adj

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freight

(freɪt)

n.

1. goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay.

2. the ordinary means of transport of goods provided by common carriers.

3. the charges for such transportation.

4. freight train.

5. Slang. cost; price.

v.t.

6. to load; burden.

7. to load with goods or merchandise for transportation.

8. to transport as freight.

[1350–1400; < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vrecht]

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freight

Past participle: freighted
Gerund: freighting

Imperative

freight

freight

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	freight - goods carried by a large vehicle   cargo, consignment, lading, shipment, payload, load, loading merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
	2.	freight - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates freightage shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
	3.	freight - the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper" freight rate, freightage charge per unit, rate - amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
Verb	1.	freight - transport commercially as cargo airfreight, air-freight, air-ship - transport (cargo) by air transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	2.	freight - load with goods for transportation charge - fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"

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freight

noun

1. transportation, traffic, delivery, carriage, shipment, haulage, conveyance, transport France derives 16% of revenue from air freight.

2. cargo, goods, contents, load, lading, delivery, burden, haul, bulk, shipment, merchandise, bales, consignment, payload, tonnage 26 tonnes of freight

verb transport, carry, ship, deliver, convey The grain is freighted down to Addis Ababa.

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freight

noun

Something carried physically:

burden, cargo, haul, load.

Sports: impost.

verb

1. To place a burden or heavy load on:

burden, charge, cumber, encumber, lade, load, saddle, tax, weight.

2. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held:

charge, fill, heap, load, pack, pile.

3. To cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone:

charge, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse, transfuse.

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Translations

أجْرَة الشَّحْنحُمولَه، شحْنَهشَحْن

dopravnénákladnákladnínákladní doprava

fragtfragt-godsgods-last

FrachtFrachtgebührLadung

φορτίο

fletecargamercancíasporte

rahtirahtimaksurahtitavarakuljetuskuljetusmaksu

frettransport

promet

fuvardíj

farmur; fraktflutningsgjald, farmgjald

caricomerce trasportatanoleggiarenoleggionolo

貨物輸送

화물

krovininis laivaskrovininis lėktuvasmokestis už pervežimąvažtapinigiai

frakts, vedmaksakravakravas-

vracht

fraktfraktomkostninger

ładunek

frete

перевозка грузов

tovor

frakt

การขนส่งสินค้า

nakliyenakliye ücretiyük

sự chuyên chở

货物运费

freight

[freɪt]

A. N (= goods transported) → flete m; (= load) → carga f; (= goods) → mercancías fpl; (= charge) → flete m, gastos mpl or costos mpl de transporte
to send sth (by) freight → enviar algo por flete
freight forward; freight collect (US) (Comm) → flete m or porte m debido
freight free (Comm) → franco de porte
freight inward (Comm) → flete m sobre compras
freight paid (Comm) → porte m pagado

B. VT (= transport) [+ goods] → fletar, transportar

C. CPD freight car N (US) → vagón m de mercancías
freight charges NPL → gastos mpl or costos mpl de transporte
freight forwarder N → (agente mf) transitario/a m/f, agente mf expedidor(a)
freight plane N → avión m de transporte de mercancías
freight terminal N → terminal f de mercancías (Aer) → terminal f de carga
freight train N (US) → tren m de mercancías
freight yard N → área f de carga

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freight

[ˈfreɪt]

n

(= goods) → fret m, cargaison f

(= money charged for transport) → fret m, prix m du transport
freight forward → port dû
freight inward → port payé par le destinataire

(= transport) by air freight → par avion
to go by air freight → être transporté(e) par avion
by sea freight → par bateau

modif [company, depot, traffic] → de fretfreight car n (US) → wagon m de marchandisesfreight charges npl → fret m

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freight

n

(= cargo) → Fracht f, → Frachtgut nt

(= transport of freight) → Frachtverkehr m

(also freight charges) → Fracht f, → Frachtkosten pl; freight paid (Comm) → frachtfrei, Fracht bezahlt; freight and delivery paid (US Comm) → frachtfrei zum Bestimmungsort

adv to send something freight/air freight → etw als Frachtgut/per Luftfracht senden

vt goods → verfrachten

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freight

:

freight handler

n → Frachtverlader(in) m(f)

freight plane

n → Frachtflugzeug nt

freight terminal

n → Fracht- or Güterterminal nt

freight train

n → Güterzug m

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freight

[freɪt]

1. n (goods transported) → merce f, merci fpl; (charge) → spese fpl di trasporto
freight forward (Comm) → spese a carico del destinatario
freight inward → spese di trasporto sulla merce in entrata

2. vt (transport, goods) → trasportare

3. adj (yard) → merci inv

4. adv to send sth freight → spedire qc per via ordinaria

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freight

(freit) noun

1. goods being carried from place to place. air-freight; (also adjective) a freight train. lading, vrag حُمولَه، شحْنَه превоз на стоки carga náklad; nákladní die Fracht, Fracht-... fragt; last; gods; fragt-; gods- φορτίοcarga, mercancías veos بار rahti fretמטען जहाज या रेल गाड़ी पर लदा हुआ माल teret; teretni szállítmány muatan barang farmur; frakt carico, merce 貨物 (の) 운송화물 krovinys krava; kravas- muatan barang vrachtgoed frakt, lastładunek بارول، نقلول (دكښتۍ په ذريعه carga (de) marfă фрахт náklad; nákladný tovor; tovoren tovar frakt สินค้าที่ขนส่ง yük (運輸的)貨物 вантаж ایک جگہ سے دوسری جگہ بھیجا جانے والا سامان hàng hoá chuyên chở （运输的）货物

2. the money charged for carrying such goods. He charged me $100 freight. skeepshuur أجْرَة الشَّحْن налво frete dopravné die Frachtgebühr fragt; forsendelse έξοδα μεταφοράς, ναύλοςflete veoraha کرایه بار rahtimaksu transport דְּמֵי הוֹבָלָה माल vozarina fuvardíj ongkos flutningsgjald, farmgjald trasporto 貨物運賃 화물운임 mokestis už pervežimą, važtapinigiai frakts, vedmaksa bayaran untuk sesuatu muatan vrachtprijs fraktomkostninger fracht, przewóz د بار کرایه frete fraht фрахт dopravné, prepravné prevozni stroški naknada za tovar frakt[avgift] ค่าขนส่ง nakliye ücreti 運費 плата за вантаж ایسے سامان کی آمد و رفت کے لۓ ادا کی گئی قیمت cước phí chuyên chở 运费

ˈfreighter noun

a ship (or aircraft) that carries freight rather than passengers. verskeper سَفينَة شَحْن товарен кораб cargueiro nákladní loď/letadlo der Frachter fragtskib φορτηγό πλοίο, αεροσκάφος που μεταφέρει φορτίο buque de carga kaubalaev, kaubalennuk کشتی یا هواپیمای باری rahtialus cargo אֳנִייַת מַשָׂא मालवाहक जलयान teretni brod (avion) teherhajó pengangkut barang flutningaskip/flugvél cargo 貨物船 화물선 krovininis laivas/lėktuvas preču kuģis; kravas lidmašīna pengangkut barang vrachtschip, vrachtvliegtuig lastebåt, transportfly frachtowiec باروړونكې كښتۍ، الو تكه اور ګاډى cargueiro cargobot грузовой перевозчик nákladná loď tovorna ladja teretnjak lastbåt, transportflygplan เรือขนส่งสินค้า yük gemisi, nakliye uçağı 貨船，運輸機 вантажне судно حہاز یا طیارہ جو مال برداری کے لۓ ہو tàu thuỷ hoặc máy bay chở hàng 货船，运输机

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freight

→ شَحْن nákladní doprava fragt Fracht φορτίο flete, porte rahti fret promet carico 貨物輸送 화물 vracht frakt ładunek frete перевозка грузов frakt การขนส่งสินค้า nakliye sự chuyên chở 货物

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