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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Freight

/(frāt)/ · IPA /fɹeɪt/
01 n. That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a f…
  1. 1.
    That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.
  2. 2.
    The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.(Law)
  3. 3.
    Freight transportation, or freight line.
02 a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
  1. 1.
    Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
Phrases & compounds
Freight agent — a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods.
Freight car — See under Car.
Freight train — a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England goods train.
03 v. t. To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to fre…
imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting
  1. 1.
    To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.