freight
English
Etymology
From Middle English freyght, from Middle Dutch vracht, Middle Low German vrecht (“cost of transport”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to possess”), equivalent to for- + aught. Cognate with Old High German frēht (“earnings”), Old English ǣht (“owndom”), and a doublet of fraught. More at for-, own.
Pronunciation
- enPR: frāt, IPA(key): /fɹeɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
freight (uncountable)
- Payment for transportation.
- The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
- 1881, Federal Reporter, 1st Series, Vol. 6, p. 412:
- Had the ship earned her freight? To earn freight there must, of course, be either a right delivery, or a due and proper offer to deliver the goods to the consignees.
- Goods or items in transport.
- The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
- Transport of goods.
- They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.
- (figuratively) Cultural or emotional associations.
- A wedding ring is small, but it has massive emotional freight.
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Translations
payment for transportation
goods
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transport of goods
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Verb
freight (third-person singular simple present freights, present participle freighting, simple past and past participle freighted)
- (transitive) To transport (goods).
- To load with freight. Also figurative.
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,
- Everything I did seemed awkward to me, and everything I said sounded freighted with hidden meaning.
- 2014 March 1, Rupert Christiansen, “English translations rarely sing”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R19:
- English National Opera is a title freighted with implications, and that first adjective promises not only a geographical reach, but a linguistic commitment too.
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,
Derived terms
Translations
to transport goods
See also
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