freight
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• noun
Goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
"The international port handles millions of tons of freight every year."
The commercial process, system, or charge for transporting goods.
"The final invoice for the industrial equipment includes both taxes and freight."
North American A railway train designed to carry goods rather than passengers.
"We were delayed at the railway crossing while a long freight rumbled past."
• verb
To transport goods in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
"The logistics company plans to freight the emergency supplies across the continent by rail."
To burden or load something heavily, often used figuratively with abstract meaning or emotion.
"Her carefully chosen words were freighted with unspoken sorrow and regret."
To load a vehicle or ship with goods.
"Dockworkers spent the entire morning freighting the vessel for its transatlantic voyage."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'cargo' generally refers strictly to the physical goods themselves (originally on ships), 'freight' is broadly used to denote both the physical goods being transported and the commercial system, process, or charge for transporting them.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Late Middle English: variant of earlier 'fraught', influenced by Middle Dutch and Middle Low German 'vrecht' or 'vracht', meaning 'ship's cargo' or 'transport charge'.
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