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) 2.0 [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