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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FREIGHT (pronounced like "
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weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr.
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fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an
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adjective= " laden ") , the
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lading or
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cargo of a
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ship, and the hire paid for their transport (see
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AFFREIGHTMENT); from the
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original sense of
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water-transport of goods the word has also come to be used for
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land-transit (particularly in
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America, by railroad), and by
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analogy for any load or
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burden .

End of Article: FREIGHT (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")
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