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Freight

noun

1.

Goods carried by a large vehicle. Synonyms: cargo, consignment, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment.

2.

Transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates. Synonym: freightage.

3.

The charge for transporting something by common carrier. Synonyms: freight rate, freightage. "The freight rate is usually cheaper"

verb

(past & past part. freighted; pres. part. freighting)

1.

Transport commercially as cargo.

2.

Load with goods for transportation.

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... secretary thought 'And he never would have got it through if I hadn't made up my mind that it really is good business!' For to expand the company was to expand himself. Still, to buy four ships with the freight market so depressed was a bit startling, and there would be opposition at the general meeting. Never mind! He and the chairman could put it through—put it through. And suddenly he saw the old man ...

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... Honolulu or hell. There is no bitterness in this, no desire to offend; it is simply a business proposition by a business man who realizes that Baylor is a disgrace to the community, is playing Old Man of the Sea to Waco's Sinbad. The town could well afford to give it $100,000 to "pull its freight." ...

— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... adorn a ruler, and to point a satire on his successor. On his departure a banquet was given him, where, said the reporter, "the cup was often replenished, and the flow of reason never ebbed." It was observed, that the return freight for merino wool, which the colony owed to his care and foresight, anchored beside the Guildford, that was to carry ...

— The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) • John West

... weight. He looks best when walking in the shallow part of a lake or river, just under the water, with his eyes open; but if there should be a boat, or canoe on the surface, the sooner it bears its freight to the shore the better; for he is sure at least to try and upset it with his huge back; not that he has any murderous intentions, but he probably thinks it is an ...

— Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals • R. Lee

... the devising of means for utilising this natural power, and this has practically superseded everything else. Now all their air-ships and many of their machines are actuated by this power, and are under the most perfect control. Air-ships are used for all purposes of passenger traffic and freight carrying. So are vessels on the canals and motor vehicles on the roads; ...

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