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Definition of Freight
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Freight
That with which anything in 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. The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired. The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods. Freight transportation, or freight line. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car. 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. Related Definitions:
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Freight Quotations
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. Theodore Roosevelt Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit. Hesiod With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure. Dennis Hastert Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems. Bill Lipinski It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car. Merle Haggard |
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Freight Translations
freight in French is fret freight in German is verfrachten, Fracht freight in Italian is noleggiare, carico freight in Norwegian is frakte, last, frakt freight in Swedish is frakt, last, frakta |
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