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FREIGHT, n. frate. [L. fero; formed like bright.]
FREIGHT, v.t.
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.
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.
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