freight

Definition

  • n. transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
  • n. the charge for transporting something by common carrier
  • v. transport commercially as cargo
  • v. load with goods for transportation

Word forms

Past participle
freighted
Present participle
freighting
Past tense
freighted
Third person singular
freights

Example sentences

  1. n.

    The company is responsible for the freight charges on all shipments.

  2. vt.

    We need to freight the supplies to the remote village before winter.