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Webster 1913 Edition
Freight
1.
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
.2.
(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.
Wharton.
3.
Freight transportation, or freight line.
Freight
(frāt)
, Adj.
Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight;
as, a
. freight
carFreight 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
,Verb.
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Freight
FREIGHT
,Noun.
1.
The cargo, or any part of the cargo of a ship; lading; that which is carried by water. The freight of a ship consists of cotton; the ship has not a full freight; the owners have advertised for freight; freight will be paid for by the ton.2.
Transportation of goods. We paid four dollars a ton for the freight from London to Barcelona.3.
The hire of a ship, or money charged or paid for the transportation of goods. After paying freight and charges, the profit is trifling.FREIGHT
, v.t.1.
To load with goods, as a ship or vessel of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another. We freighted the ship for Amsterdam; the ship was freighted with flour for Havana.2.
To load as the burden.