Definition of "freight" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.

2. (uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.

   • The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.

3. (countable) Payment for transportation.

   • The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.

4. A burden, a load.

5. Cultural or emotional associations.

6. (countable, originally US, rail transport) Ellipsis of freight train.

   • They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.

verb

1. To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.

2. To transport (goods).

3. To load or store (goods, etc.).

4. To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.

5. (intransitive, US, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Freighted; laden.