affreightment
noun
af·freight·ment
a-ˈfrāt-mənt,
ə-
plural -s
: a mercantile lease of a vessel under which it remains in charge of the owners
also : the act of hiring a vessel under such a lease compare charter sense 5
Word History
Etymology
modification of French affrètement, from affréter + -ment
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined above
- companion crop
- companion flange
- companion ladder
- companion piece
- companion star
- companionabilities
- companionability
- companionable
- companionableness
- companionablenesses
- companionably
- companionage
- companionate
- companionate marriage
- companionates
- companioned
- companioning
- companionless
- companions
- companionship
- companionships
- companionway
- companionways
- company
- company car