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1. n. 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.
2. n. The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
3. n. The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
4. n. Freight transportation, or freight line.
5. a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
6. v. t. 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.
7. n. goods carried by a large vehicle
8. n. transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
9. n. the charge for transporting something by common carrier
10. v. transport commercially as cargo
11. v. load with goods for transportation
12. 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. 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. 3. Freight transportation, or freight line. 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. 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.