often attributive
1
a
: the compensation paid for the transportation of goods
b
: cost
help pay the freight
2
a
: goods to be shipped : cargo
The freight arrived by steamboat.
c
: meaning sense 3, significance
words that carry psychological freight, such as "family," "work," and "sex"
3
a
: the ordinary transportation of goods by a common carrier and distinguished from express
b
: a train designed or used for such transportation
an eastbound freight
freighted; freighting; freights
2
: to transport or ship by freight
Synonyms
Examples of freight in a Sentence
Noun
trains that carry both passengers and freight
The freight arrived by steamboat.
The order was shipped by freight.
Verb
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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The decision leaves a two major freight rails — Norfolk Southern, and BNSF, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway — in the group of rails that will seek a national deal together.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Even the boring parts—watching people kill time, waiting around to play or for inspiration to strike—seem freighted with possibility.
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Noun
Selling, general, and administrative expenses decreased to $40.7 million from $44.6 million, primarily due to lower outbound freight and warehousing expenses.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
The decision leaves a two major freight rails — Norfolk Southern, and BNSF, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway — in the group of rails that will seek a national deal together.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Constructing an actual, reliable inventory increasingly important to do given that recent laws have not merely set up costly programs likely to slip into obscurity and non-oversight, but because those spending programs are also freighted with regulatory effect.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Even the boring parts—watching people kill time, waiting around to play or for inspiration to strike—seem freighted with possibility.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Freight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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freight
1 of 2 noun1
: the amount paid (as to a shipping company) for carrying goods
2
a
: goods or cargo carried by ship, train, truck, or airplane
b
: the carrying of goods from one place to another by vehicle
ship the order by freight
3
: a train that carries freight
freight
2 of 2 verb1
: to load for transportation
2
: to ship by freight
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