Origin of freight
1350–1400; Middle English
freyght (noun) < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German
vrecht, variant of
vracht. See
fraught
SYNONYMS FOR freight
1
Freight,
cargo,
shipment refer to goods being transported from place to place.
Freight is the general term for goods transported from one place to another by any means:
to send freight from New York to New Orleans.
Cargo is the term generally used for goods carried by ship or plane:
to send a cargo to Europe.
Shipment is a quantity of goods destined for a particular place, no matter how sent:
a shipment of potatoes.
3 freightage, haulage.
8 charge.
OTHER WORDS FROM freight
freight·less, adjective o·ver·freight, verb (used with object) un·freight·ed, adjectiveWords nearby freight
Example sentences from the Web for freight
British Dictionary definitions for freight
freight
/ (freɪt) /
noun
- commercial transport that is slower and cheaper than express
- the price charged for such transport
- goods transported by this means
- (as modifier)freight transport
mainly British
a ship's cargo or part of it
verb (tr)
to load with goods for transport
mainly US and Canadian
to convey commercially as or by freight
to load or burden; charge
Derived forms of freight
freightless, adjectiveWord Origin for freight
C16: from Middle Dutch
vrecht; related to French
fret, Spanish
flete, Portuguese
frete