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freight definition

freight (frāt)

noun

  1. a method or service for transporting goods, esp. bulky goods, by water, land, or air: freight is usually cheaper but slower than express
  2. the cost for such transportation
  3. the goods transported; lading; cargo
  4. ☆ freight train
  5. any load or burden

Etymology: ME freit, fraught < MDu vracht: see fraught

transitive verb

  1. to load with freight
  2. to load; burden
  3. to transport as or send by freight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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