freight
freight
noun
/freɪt/
uncountable
​goods that are transported by ships, planes, trains or lorries; the system of transporting goods in this way
to send goods by air freight
a freight business
passenger and freight transportation services
All vehicles carrying freight need a special permit.
The freight was transferred to a train at Rotterdam.
The train's freight wagons can carry a fully-laden lorry.
Local freight charges can be extremely high.
She runs a freight business in southern Germany.
The new road will be open to freight traffic only.
The total amount of freight transported on roads has risen by 150% in the past decade.
The trains were designed specifically to haul freight.
Their ships carry freight between Dunkirk and Dover.
We tend to use air freight for lighter goods.
TOPICS Transport by bus and train C1
Collocations
adjective
heavyairocean…
verb + freight
carryhandlehaul…
freight + noun
cartraintransport
Word Origin
late Middle English (in the sense ‘hire of a ship for transporting goods’): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht ‘ship's cargo’. Compare with fraught.