Like many nouns that can mean an action as well as an actual thing, freight refers to either the sending of goods or the goods themselves. It can also mean the charge for sending goods. You pay freight for the freight of your freight.
That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.;
Noun
transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
Noun
goods carried by a large vehicle
Noun
the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
Verb
load with goods for transportation
Verb
transport commercially as cargo
n.
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.
n.
The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship
for the use of what is thus hired.
n.
The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
n.
Freight transportation, or freight line.
a.
Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do
with freight; as, a freight car.
v. t.
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.
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That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.;
Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight;
To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight;
Usage Examples
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true I was raised in a freight car.
With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure.
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