freight

Transitive VerbIntransitive Verb[C/U] Both

pp: freighteding: freighting

This term carries a heavy, industrial weight, evoking images of massive shipping containers, diesel engines, and logistics hubs. It is strictly a commercial and logistical term, devoid of the personal or emotional connotations found in words like luggage or baggage. While cargo refers to the items themselves, freight often encompasses the entire system of transport and the cost associated with it. It is the language of the supply chain, used in professional shipping contracts and transport manifests rather than casual conversation about moving house.

Uncountable when referring to the general industry or the mass of goods being moved. Countable when referring to specific shipments or individual loads of cargo.

Meanings

Noun

Goods transported by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.

"The company specializes in air freight."

Transitive Verb

[something]

To load goods onto a vehicle for transport.

"They freighted the machinery to the remote site."

Intransitive Verb

To travel as cargo.

"The equipment will freight tomorrow."

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