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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Freight \Freight\, n. [F. fret, OHG. fr?ht merit, reward. See {Fraught}, n.] 1. That with which anything in 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Freight \Freight\, a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as a freight car {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [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," or "the freight rate is usually cheaper" [syn: {freightage}, {freight rate}] v 1: transport by freight 2: load with goods for transportation
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