Freight
FREIGHT, noun frate. [Latin fero; formed like bright.]
1. The cargo, or any part of the cargo of a ship; lading; that which is carried by water. The freight of a ship consists of cotton; the ship has not a full freight; the owners have advertised for freight; freight will be paid for by the ton.
2. Transportation of goods. We paid four dollars a ton for the freight from London to Barcelona.
3. The hire of a ship, or money charged or paid for the transportation of goods. After paying freight and charges, the profit is trifling.
FREIGHT, verb transitive
1. To load with goods, as a ship or vessel of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another. We freighted the ship for Amsterdam; the ship was freighted with flour for Havana.
2. To load as the burden.