freight

freight  (frt)

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.

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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 [frate]

Noun

1.

a. commercial transport of goods

b. the cargo transported

c. the cost of this

2. Chiefly Brit a ship's cargo or part of it

Verb

1. to transport (goods) by freight

2. to load with goods for transport [Middle Dutch vrecht]

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 air-freight, air-ship, airfreight - 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

noun 2. cargo, goods, contents, load, lading, delivery, burden, haul, bulk, shipment, merchandise, bales, consignment, payload, tonnage

Translations

freight [freɪt] n (= goods) → carga (= money charged); flete m;

freight forward → contra reembolso del flete, flete por pagar;

freight inward → flete sobre compras

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freight [freɪt] n (= goods) → fret m, cargaison f (= money charged); fret, prix m du transport;

freight forward → port dû;

freight inward → port payé par le destinataire

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freight [freɪt] n → Fracht f;

(money charged) → Frachtkosten pl;

freight forward → Fracht gegen Nachnahme;

freight inward → Eingangsfracht f

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freight [freɪt] n (= goods) → merce f; merci fpl (= money charged); spese fpl di trasporto;

freight forward → spese a carico del destinatario;

freight inward → spese di trasporto sulla merce in entrata