English to English
freight
(fr/eI/t
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adjective (a)
- Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- the charge for transporting something by common carrier(noun.possession)Example:
We pay the freight.
The freight rate is usually cheaper.
source: wordnet30 - That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- transport commercially as cargo(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- load with goods for transportation(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913