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freightage

[ frey-tij ]

/ ˈfreɪ tɪdʒ /

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noun

the transportation of goods.

the price for this.

freight, cargo, or lading.

Origin of freightage

First recorded in 1685–95; freight + -age

Words nearby freightage

freight forwarder, freight house, freight pass-through, freight ton, freight train, freightage, freighter, freighthopping, freightliner, frejka pillow splint, freleng

Example sentences from the Web for freightage

The high prices charged for trifles were eloquent of high freights and bewildering distances of freightage.

Roughing It |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The large sail which had formed the tent cover was spread over the whole of the freightage and nailed down.

The Kangaroo Hunters |Anne Bowman
Nor are the freightage and postage moneys the only sources of profit.

Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post |Thomas Rainey
Of what is lighter, especially if it be light as wind, how much easier the freightage!

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle

He, too, had discovered the freightage in the cock-boat, the heavy burden which made it swim so low.

Blackbeard: Buccaneer |Ralph D. Paine

British Dictionary definitions for freightage

freightage

/ (ˈfreɪtɪdʒ) /

noun

the commercial conveyance of goods

the goods so transported

the price charged for such conveyance