freight : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: freight	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freight n goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates Synonym(s): freight, freightage the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper" Synonym(s): freight, freightage, freight rate v transport commercially as cargo load with goods for transportation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Freight \Freight\, n. [F. fret, OHG. fr[?]ht merit, reward. See {Fraught}, n.] 1. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.