freight
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
freight /freɪt/
▶noun transport of goods in bulk, especially by truck, train, or ship.
■ goods transported by freight.
■ a charge for such transport.
▶verb- 1 transport by freight.
- 2 (be freighted with) be laden or burdened with: each word was freighted with anger.
– origin ME: from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. vrecht, var. of vracht ‘ship's cargo’.
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