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Synonyms for freight

Grammar : Noun
Spell : freyt
Phonetic Transcription : freɪt

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Définition of freight

Origin :
  • early 13c., fraght, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht, meaning originally "cost of transport" and probably from a lost Old Frisian word, from Proto-Germanic *fra-aihtiz "absolute possession, property" (cf. Old High German freht "earnings"), from *fra-, intensive prefix, + *aik "to be master of, possess," from PIE *aik- (see owe). Meaning "transporting of goods or passengers for money" is from late 14c. Danish fragt, Swedish frakt apparently also are from Frisian. As a verb, from late 14c.
  • noun goods being shipped
Example sentences :
  • She was to receive a freight of flour, for Cowes and a market.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "My name is 'Dennis,' if I don't beat that freight," she retorted curtly.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • He had come at twenty-two, beating his way on freight trains.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • There are long lines of freight cars here and snorting locomotives.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Some of them did not unload, but others dumped piles of freight by the docks.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • It is not an average of freight rates, but is an arbitrary figure.
  • Extract from : « About sugar buying for Jobbers » by B. W. Dyer
  • They were not robbing the consignees in this raid upon the freight train.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • You come from White Point, where you helped hold up a freight.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Hungary has also applied the zone system to its freight traffic.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • The French railroads divide all freight into six different classes.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

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