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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 ")

FREIGHT (pronounced like " See also:
WEIGHT
weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. See also:
FRET
fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an See also:
ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)
adjective= " laden ") , the See also:

LADING (from " to lade," O. Eng. hladan, to put cargo on board; cf. " load "), BILL OF

lading or See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo of a See also:

SHIP

ship, and the hire paid for their transport (see See also:

AFFREIGHTMENT (from " freight," q.v.)

AFFREIGHTMENT); from the See also:

ORIGINAL

original sense of See also:

WATER

water-transport of goods the word has also come to be used for See also:

LAND

land-transit (particularly in See also:

AMERICA

America, by railroad), and by See also:

ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy for any load or See also:

BURDEN, or BURTHEN

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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