Blog

To save this word, you’ll need to log in.

1 a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported

• shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer

• burden,
• cargo,
• draft,
• haul,
• lading,
• load,
• loading,
• payload,
• weight

• bale,
• bundle,
• pack,
• package,
• packet,
• parcel,
• shipment

2 the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something

• it’s all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?

• ante,
• charge,
• cost,
• damage,
• fee,
• figure,
• price,
• price tag

freight

verbto place a weight or burden on

• it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane

• burden,
• encumber,
• lade,
• laden,
• load,
• lumber,
• saddle,
• weight

Source