1 freight /ˈfreɪt/ noun
plural freights
plural freights
Learner’s definition of FREIGHT
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a : goods that are carried by ships, trains, trucks, or airplanes
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trains that carry both passengers and freight
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The freight arrived by steamboat.
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b : the system by which goods are carried from one place to another
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The order was shipped by freight.
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2 [noncount] : the amount of money paid for carrying goods
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paid the full freight
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— sometimes used figuratively in U.S. English
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parents struggling to pay the freight [=to pay] for their children’s college education
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He warns that taxpayers will end up paying the freight for the new stadium.
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3 [count] US :freight train
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an eastbound freight
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2 freight /ˈfreɪt/ verb
freights; freighted; freighting
freights; freighted; freighting
Learner’s definition of FREIGHT
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1 : to send (goods) from one place to another
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cargo freighted by airplane
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2 : to cause (something) to have or carry many things : to load or burden (something) — usually used as(be) freighted
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an essay freighted with complex arguments [=an essay that has too many complex arguments]
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