单词 | affreight |
释义 | affreightv.ΚΠ 1818 W. Frick tr. F. J. Jacobsen Laws of Sea iii. ii. 221 If the master affreights the vessel to two, the first freighter..has the preference in Italy. 1884 J. H. Ferguson Man. Internat. Law I. ii. x. 293 The master may not..take up money on the ship, or affreight or let her. 2. transitive. To hire (a vessel) to transport goods. ΚΠ 1831 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. Affreight, to hire a ship for the transportation of goods or freight. 1850 S. Meredith tr. B. M. Emerigon Treat. Insurances xi. 269 The Sieur Morra affreighted the barque of Captain Gipier lading without to load with corn. 1880 Commerc. Code Netherlands 104 Whether she be chartered for the exportation of cargo from this country, or affreighted and chartered by citizens of the Netherlands. 1916 G. Taggart & W. Winchell Yankee Major invades Belgium iv. 58 Something like 312 steamers, exclusively laden with foodstuffs..destined for Belgium were affreighted and discharged at Rotterdam. 2011 SKRIN Market & Corporate News (Nexis) 5 Dec. The A-ship is affreighted for 100 days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1818 |
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