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UK
/fɹˈeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈfɹeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɹeɪt/ ]
VERB
- transport commercially as cargo
- load with goods for transportation
NOUN
-
the charge for transporting something by common carrier
the freight rate is usually cheaper
we pay the freight - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
- goods carried by a large vehicle
How To Use freight In A Sentence
- They blew up the line and derailed a freight train as well. Times, Sunday Times
- The new Combi can be used either as a passenger plane, or for transporting freight.
- Other freight and passenger operators will have open access rights to this network.
- The goal of shifting freight from road to rail has been quietly abandoned.
- Starting this month, rival United Parcel Service Inc.'s freight division is raising average noncontractual shipping rates in North America by 6.9%, as the industry copes with rapidly rising fuel costs. FedEx to Raise U.S., Canada Freight Rates 6.8%
- A rail system can reroute traffic around destroyed tracks, repair sections of damaged rail, or even transfer freight from boxcars to trucks.
- They're the sprinters, he says, whereas malamutes are sloggers, which were used in days of yore for hauling heavy freight.
- As the train stopped for its human freight at each station it slowly gathered a cargo of trammies and bussies making for their depots.
- That is why investors keep a close eye on Hong Kong airfreight volumes, which serve as a barometer of global trade activity and growth prospects. FedEx's Prospects May Take Cue From Hong Kong
- The company, which is the largest carrier of airfreight for other airlines, lost its way early last year.