freight
freight definition
freight (frāt)
noun
- a method or service for transporting goods, esp. bulky goods, by water, land, or air: freight is usually cheaper but slower than express
- the cost for such transportation
- the goods transported; lading; cargo
- ☆ freight train
- any load or burden
Etymology: ME freit, fraught < MDu vracht: see fraught
transitive verb
- to load with freight
- to load; burden
- to transport as or send by freight
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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