Freight
Freight (frāt) , noun
[French fret, Old High German frēht merit, reward. See Fraught, n.]
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.
(a) (Law) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
(b)
(Law) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods. — Wharton
3.
Freight transportation, or freight line.
Freight (frāt) , adjective
Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
Collocations (3)
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 , transitive verb
[Compare French 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.