Meaning

noun goods carried by a large vehicle

noun transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates

noun the charge for transporting something by common carrier

originFrom Late Middle English freight, freght, freyght [and other forms], a variant of fraught, fraght (“transport of goods or people, usually by water; transportation fee; transportation facilities; cargo or passengers of a ship; (figuratively) burden; ballast of a ship; goods; a charge”), from Middle Dutch vracht, vrecht, and Middle Low German vrecht (“cargo, freight; transportation fee”), from Old…

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