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Freight
1.
That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation;
lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.;
as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.
2. (Law) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship
for the use of what is thus hired.
3. Freight transportation, or freight line.
a. 1. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do
with freight; as, a freight car.Freight agent
a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward,
or deliver goods.
Freight car
See under Car.
Freight train
a railroad train made up of freight cars; - called in England
goods train.
v. t. 1. To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind,
for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with
freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.
[imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting.]
Noun 1. freight - goods carried by a large vehicle
Synonyms: cargo, consignment, lading, shipment, payload, load,
loading
2. freight - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper
than express rates
Synonyms: freightage
3. freight - the charge for transporting something by common carrier;
"we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually
cheaper"
Synonyms: freight rate, freightage
Verb 1. freight - transport commercially as cargo
2. freight - load with goods for transportation
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surcharge, surfeit, take, task, tax, taxing, telpherage, tonnage,
top off, tote, toting, trailerload, train, trainload, transmit,
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight
or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall
in with, as a person.
[imp. & p. p. Found (found); p. pr. & vb. n. Finding.]
Searching the window for a flint, I found
This paper, thus sealed up.
- Shak.
In woods and forests thou art found.
- Cowley.
2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience;
to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.
The torrid zone is now found habitable.
- Cowley.
3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
Seek, and ye shall find.
- Matt. vii. 7.
Every mountain now hath found a tongue.
- Byron.
4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for
workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
Wages £14 and all found.
- London Times.
Nothing a day and find yourself.
- Dickens.
5. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish;
as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against
an accused person.
To find his title with some shows of truth.
- Shak.
To find out
to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) - to solve or unriddle
(a parable or enigma); to understand.
To find fault with
to blame; to censure.
- Job. xi. 7.
To find one's self
to be; to fare; - often used in speaking of health; as, how do
you find yourself this morning?
v. i. 1. (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such
a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
n. 1. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially,
a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric
or unknown origin.
