Freight /(frāt)/
Freight
n.
- 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.
- The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired. (Law)
- Freight transportation, or freight line.
Freight
a.
- Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
Phrases & Compounds
- 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
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting
- 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.