freight
11freight — [n] goods being shipped bales, ballast, bulk, burden, carriage, consignment, contents, conveyance, encumbrance, fardel, haul, lading, load, merchandise, pack, packages, payload, shipment, shipping, tonnage, transportation, wares, weight; concept… …
12freight — A transportation term meaning either goods being transported, and/or charges incurred for such transport. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. freight freight 1 [freɪt] noun [uncountable] 1. TRANSPORT goods carried in large quantities by… …
13freight — 01. We had to pay more in [freight] to have our books delivered than the cost of the books themselves. 02. In 1914, a British passenger ship collided with a Norwegian [freighter] in the St. Lawrence River, killing over 1,000 people. 03. In a… …
14freight — freightless, adj. /frayt/, n. 1. goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air. 2. the ordinary conveyance or means of transport of goods provided by common carriers (distinguished from express): Shipping by freight… …
15freight — I UK [freɪt] / US noun [uncountable] Word forms freight : singular freight plural freights * goods that are carried by vehicles a rail network equipped to carry both passengers and freight a) the transport system that carries goods rail/air… …
16freight — freight1 [ freıt ] noun * 1. ) uncount goods that are carried by vehicles: a railroad network equipped for both passengers and freight a ) the transportation system that carries goods: rail/air freight: The medical supplies were shipped by air… …
17freight — n. goods, cargo 1) to carry; handle; ship freight freight train (colloq.) 2) to hop, jump ( board ) a freight * * * [freɪt] handle jump ( board ) a freight ship freight [ freight train ] (colloq.) to hop [ goods, cargo ] to carry …
18freight — 1) The transport of goods by sea (sea freight) or air (air freight). 2) The goods so transported. 3) The cost of shipping goods for a particular voyage by sea or by air. Freight is charged on the basis of weight (see deadweight cargo) or the… …
19freight — af·freight; af·freight·ment; freight·age; freight; freight·er; af·freight·er; …
20freight — freight1 [freıt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Dutch; Origin: vracht, vrecht] 1.) [U] goods that are carried by ship, train, or aircraft, and the system of moving these goods ▪ freight services ▪ We ll send your personal belongings by air freight… …
