Synonym: burden, cargo, goods, load, shipment. Similar words: eighth, height, eighty, reign, highlight, foreign, foreigner, sovereignty. Meaning: [freɪt] 
n. 1. goods carried by a large vehicle 2. transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates 3. the charge for transporting something by common carrier. v. 1. transport commercially as cargo 2. load with goods for transportation.
n. 1. goods carried by a large vehicle 2. transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates 3. the charge for transporting something by common carrier. v. 1. transport commercially as cargo 2. load with goods for transportation. 
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91 Holly carries a great freight of metaphor in his rucksack.
92 The freight train passed in front of the express as it approached Paddington.
93 This is expected to lead to a halving of rail freight tariffs by 2005.
94 Some freight carriers added flights; others simply used larger aircraft.
95 The state government retains the right to license other operators to run passenger and freight trains over the country rail network.
96 The miners were joined by striking railway workers, who halted freight traffic.
97 Jack was able to stop the freight train without accident.
98 On the freight side, until the Charterail debacle, immediate prospects seemed more favourable.
99 A simple assembly plant subsidiary is particularly useful where the product is bulky and freight costs are high.
100 D1771 comes off the loop with a local trip freight in 1965.
101 Import duties, freight charges, local taxes, agency commission, were all built into the selling price.
102 The provision of freight handling and transport facilities at stations and other locations.
103 Government decided that the whole of the railway freight business should pay its way.
104 What is the length of the longest ever recorded freight train?
105 Twenty-five trunk lines went into Chicago and most of them had attendant freight and passenger depots.
106 The distinction between a haulage company and a freight forwarding company with its own road haulage arm is rather blurred at present.
107 The passenger and freight vessel will leave Shetland at 11am on Saturday, arriving at Bergen at midnight.
108 The local Station served the surrounding community and carried a fair amount of passenger and freight traffic.
109 In 1990 alone, it handled 32,000 tonnes of freight[Sentencedict], including a variety of perishable products.
110 The station closed to passengers as from December 31, 1962 although freight services continued for some months more from Hereford to Eardisley.
111 Land freight transport services contributed ￡353m in 1991, an increase of more than ￡30m on 1990.
112 Amtrak does, although Conrail has an exclusive right to operate any freight trains on the corridor.
113 A class 31 is seen coming off the Mansfield line with a freight from Clipstone in 1965.
114 At the same time, a gradual decline set in with the advent of freight transportation on the roads.
115 The current thinking is to sell off freight services first.
116 The rail privatisation issue and the appalling loss of freight from the railway to road haulage is frightening in its implications.
117 In the foreground stood a lone, empty railway freight car.
118 He made a mental note of the number of coaches and freight cars.
119 The basic model is listed at $16,298 plus $500 freight.
120 It smashed against the rusted freight car behind her, shattering the glass exterior and buckling the sensitive anode.