From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
freight
n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading,
load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment]
2: transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than
express rates [syn: freightage]
3: the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we
pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
[syn: freightage, freight rate]
v 1: transport commercially as cargo
2: load with goods for transportation
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Freight \Freight\ (fr[=a]t), n. [F. fret, OHG. fr[=e]ht merit,
reward. See Fraught, n.]
1. 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.
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2. (Law)
(a) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a
ship for the use of what is thus hired.
(b) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of
goods. --Wharton.
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3. Freight transportation, or freight line.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Freight \Freight\ (fr[=a]t), a.
Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with
freight; as, a freight car.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Freight \Freight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Freighting.] [Cf. F. freter.]
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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