Etymology : Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht
Pronunciation : frAt
Function : noun
Date : 15th century
1. cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee; shipping cost; transportation, conveyance, shipment. load with goods; load, weigh down; send as cargo. freight\freight\ , n. [f. fret, ohg. fr ht merit, reward. see:
fraught, n.].
2. that with which anything in 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.
3. (law) (a) the sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired. (b) the price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
4. freight transportation, or freight line.freight \freight\ , a. employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.freight agent, a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods.freight car. see:
under car.freight train, a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in england goods train.freight \freight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. freighting.] [cf. f. freter.] 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.freight n.
5. goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment].
6. transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates [syn: freightage].
7. the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight," or "the freight rate is usually cheaper" [syn: freightage, freight rate] v 1: transport by freight 2: load with goods for transportation.
8. 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.
9. The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
10. The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
11. Freight transportation, or freight line.
12. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
13. 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. transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper" load with goods for transportation transport commercially as cargo.
14. 1. Freight is the movement of goods by lorries, trains, ships, or aeroplanes. France derives 16% of revenue from air freight.
15. Freight is goods that are transported by lorries, trains, ships, or aeroplanes. 90% of managers wanted to see:
more freight carried by rail.
16. When goods are freighted, they are transported in large quantities over a long distance. From these ports the grain is freighted down to Addis Ababa. to send goods by air, sea, or train.