Definition of: freight

(frāt) noun
1. U.S. & Can. a The service of transporting commodities by land, air, or water; specifically, ordinary transportation as opposed to express. b The commodities so transported.
2. Brit. a The service of transporting commodities by air or water. b The commodities so transported. In Great Britain, commodities transported by land are known as goods.
3. The price paid for the transportation of commodities.
4. U.S. & Can. A freight train: in Great Britain, called a goods train.
—dead freight Money paid for cargo space, as on shipboard, that was not used.
—v.t.
1. To load with commodities for transportation.
2. To load; burden.
3. To send or transport as or by freight. [<MDu. vrecht, var. of vracht. See FRAUGHT.]