freight

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle Dutch vracht, Middle Low German vrecht (“‘cost of transport’”)

[edit] Noun

Singular
freight

Plural
uncountable

freight (uncountable)

  1. Payment for transportation.
    The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
  2. Goods or items in transport.
    The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
  3. Transport of goods.
    They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.

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payment for transportation
goods
transport of goods
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to freight

Third person singular
freights

Simple past
freighted

Past participle
freighted

Present participle
freighting

to freight (third-person singular simple present freights, present participle freighting, simple past and past participle freighted)

  1. (transitive) To transport (goods).
  2. To load with freight.

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[edit] Translations

to transport goods
to load with freight

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