freightnoun [ U ]
uk/freɪt/us/freɪt/goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting these goods:
The ship carries both freight and passengers.
a freight company
Will the goods be sent by air or sea freight?
freight trains
US The escaped prisoner made his getaway in a freight car on a train.
the money paid for transporting goods
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- pick sb/sth up
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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Costs & expenses
freightverb [ T ]
uk/freɪt/us/freɪt/to send goods by air, sea, or train:
Grapes from this region are freighted all over the world.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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freightadverb
uk/freɪt/us/freɪt/transported as part of a large group of things, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck:
It would be much cheaper to send the goods freight.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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