freight
The transportation of goods by land)The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
Recorded US: Sylvanmoon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
Die Lokomotive zog eine lange Schlange von Güterwagen. — xtofu80
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRTranslations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
By meaning 1
Examples
30 sentencesThe locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
deDie Lokomotive zog eine lange Schlange von Güterwagen. — xtofu80
The freight train was held up about half an hour because of a dense fog.
That elevator is for freight only.
ruЭтот лифт только для груза. — sharptoothed
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable, usually)The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
фрахтfraxt, перево́зкаperevózka, транспортиро́вкаtransportiróvka
переве́зенняperevézennja, транспортува́нняtransportuvánnja
(uncountable, usually)Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
Fracht
фрахтfraxt, грузgruz
ванта́жvantáž
(countable, usually)Payment for transportation.
The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
Fracht
фрахтfraxt, пла́та за прово́зpláta za provóz
фрахтfraxt
More meanings 2
(countable, figuratively, usually)A burden, a load.
(figuratively, specifically, uncountable, usually)Cultural or emotional associations.
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
- the charge for transporting something by common carrier
Origin
From Late Middle English freight, freght, freyght [and other forms], a variant of fraught,From Late Middle English freight, freght, freyght [and other forms], a variant of fraught, fraght (“transport of goods or people, usually by water; transportation fee; transportation facilities; cargo or passengers of a ship; (figuratively) burden; ballast of a ship; goods; a charge”), from Middle Dutch vracht, vrecht, and Middle Low German vrecht (“cargo, freight; transportation fee”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht, from Proto-West Germanic *fra- (from Proto-Germanic *fra- (prefix meaning ‘completely, fully’)) + *aihti (from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possessions, property”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to come into possession of, obtain; to own, possess”)).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: freightsSynonyms
9 synonyms- goods carried by a large vehicle:cargoladingloadloadingpayloadshipmentconsignment
- transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates:freightage
- the charge for transporting something by common carrier:freightagefreight rate
Word family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.