freight
Noun:
- The charge or cost for transporting goods by a common carrier: "Freight" refers to the money paid for the commercial transportation of goods.
- Goods transported in bulk by a vehicle: "Freight" also means the cargo or merchandise itself that is being transported.
Verb:
- To load a vehicle with goods for transportation: To "freight" means to put cargo onto a ship, train, truck, or aircraft.
- To transport goods commercially as cargo: To "freight" also means to send or carry goods by a commercial transport service.
Noun (Charge/Cost):
- The freight for shipping the machinery was surprisingly high.
- Who is responsible for paying the freight on this order?
Noun (Goods/Cargo):
- The train was carrying heavy freight across the country.
- The port handles millions of tons of freight every year.
Verb (To load with goods):
- Workers freighted the ship with containers before its departure.
- It took all day to freight the trucks for the long journey.
Verb (To transport commercially):
- The company freights fresh produce from farms to major cities.
- These items are too bulky to mail; we need to freight them.
"Freight charges": The specific costs associated with shipping goods.
- Always check the freight charges before finalizing a purchase from overseas.
"Freight train": A train that consists primarily of freight cars for transporting goods, not passengers.
- We had to wait at the crossing for a long freight train to pass.
"Freight forwarder": A person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer to a market or final point of distribution.
- We hired a freight forwarder to manage the complex international shipment.
Freighter (n): A ship or aircraft designed for carrying freight.
- The cargo was transported on a large ocean freighter.
Freightage (n): A less common synonym for freight charges or the transportation of goods.
- The contract included all freightage to the destination port.
- Noun (Charge): Shipping charge, carriage, transport cost.
- Noun (Goods): Cargo, shipment, load, merchandise.
- Verb: Ship, transport, carry, convey.
Freight in: To bring goods in by freight transport.
- The raw materials are freighted in from neighboring countries.
Freight out: To send goods out by freight transport.
- The finished products are freighted out to distributors every Friday.
"Pay the freight": To bear the cost or responsibility for something (often used figuratively).
- If this project fails, the taxpayers will have to pay the freight.
"Dead freight": A charge paid for space booked on a ship but not used.
- The shipper had to pay dead freight for the unused cargo space.
- the charge for transporting something by common carrier
- we pay the freight
- the freight rate is usually cheaper
- transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- load with goods for transportation
- transport commercially as cargo