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freight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | freight rate, freightage |
| Type of | rate, charge per unit |
we pay the freight.
the freight rate is usually cheaper.
freight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | freightage |
| Type of | transportation, transport, shipping |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cargo, consignment, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
| Type of | ware, merchandise, product |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | charge |
| Derivation | freighter, freightage |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | transport |
| Has types | air-freight, air-ship, airfreight |
| Derivation | freighter, freightage |
Examples of freight
freight
Rehabilitate the line, hire a freight rail operator, and ban big trucks on I-70.
From the denverpost.com
The decline in margin was basically because of higher product and freight costs.
From the forbes.com
The 905km railroad carries 40% of Brazil's rail freight on just 3% of its track.
From the economist.com
The main drawback is that freight always takes precedence over passenger travel.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Tom Learoyd why can't you get your other prop mates to run like a freight train.
From the canberratimes.com.au
When freight rates are low, as they are today, the cost saving is US$12 a tonne.
From the economist.com
It wants to turn the line into a bypass route around Chicago for freight trains.
From the dailyherald.com
Domestic air deliveries make up just a tiny sliver, less than 1% of all freight.
From the investors.com
Jump over a charging freight train in the Great Divide, just for the heck of it?
From the dailynews.com
- Cargo: goods carried by a large vehicle
- Transport commercially as cargo
- Load with goods for transportation
- The charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
- Cargo (or freight) is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.
- A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons (UIC) hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain. ...
- (Freights) railroad train cars.
- The amount of money due for the carriage of goods and payable either in advance or upon delivery.
- (1) Goods moved for another or, (2) The remuneration earned by a shipowner or manager for the carriage of goods; including the profit derived from carrying his own goods.
