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• freight ship — boat designed to carry freight (cargo, goods to be shipped) …   English contemporary dictionary

• freight — n. goods, cargo 1) to carry; handle; ship freight freight train (colloq.) 2) to hop, jump ( board ) a freight * * * [freɪt] handle jump ( board ) a freight ship freight [ freight train ] (colloq.) to hop [ goods, cargo ] to carry …   Combinatory dictionary

• Freight train — or goods train is a series of freight cars hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain. Trains may haul bulk, containers or specialized cars. Under the right circumstances,… …   Wikipedia

• freight — I noun article of commerce, cargo, carload, consignment, freightage, goods, lading, load, merchandise, onus, packages, pay load, shipment II index cargo, load, merchandise, send …   Law dictionary

• Freight company — Freight companies are companies that specialise in the moving (or forwarding ) of freight, or cargo, from one place to another. These companies are divided into several variant sections. For example, international freight forwarders ship goods… …   Wikipedia

• Freight — (fr[=a]t), n. [F. fret, OHG. fr[=e]ht merit, reward. See {Fraught}, n.] 1. 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• freight|er — «FRAY tuhr», noun. 1. any ship or aircraft that carries mainly freight: »He arrived…to investigate the take off crash of a Bristol freighter in which the crew of three had died (Maclean s). 2. a person who loads a ship. 3. a person whose… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• freight — ► NOUN 1) transport of goods in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft. 2) goods transported by freight. ► VERB 1) transport by freight. 2) (be freighted with) be laden or burdened with. ORIGIN Dutch and Low German vrecht …   English terms dictionary

• freight collect — ˌfreight colˈlect noun [uncountable] TRANSPORT another name for freight forward ➔ forward2 * * * freight collect UK US adjective (also freight forward) …   Financial and business terms

• Ship — Ship, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipping}.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. [1913 Webster] The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English