freight

The definition of freight is cargo or goods transported by truck or other means of transportation, or the amount you are charged to transport goods.

(noun)

An example of freight is raw lumber that is transported from loggers to a furniture factory.

See freight in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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

transitive verb

See freight in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo.
A burden; a load.
a. Commercial transportation of goods.
b. The charge for transporting goods. Also called freightage.
A railway train carrying goods only.

transitive verb freight·ed, freight·ing, freights