freight
/freɪt/
noun
- Goods or cargo transported by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
- The train carried a large load of freight across the country.
- Most of the freight from Asia arrives at the port in large containers.
- The shipping company handles both passenger travel and freight.
- The system or service of transporting goods, or the cost of such transport.
- We need to calculate the freight before we can give you a final price.
- The company offers fast freight delivery for online orders.
- Freight charges have gone up because of higher fuel prices.
Antonyms
verb
- To load or transport goods, especially for commercial purposes.
- The warehouse crew freighted the trucks with boxes of electronics.
- We will freight the machinery to the factory by rail.
- They freighted the ship with supplies for the long voyage.