FREIGHT

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht Date: 15th century 1. the compensation paid for the transportation of goods, cost , 2. goods to be shipped ; cargo , load , burden , meaning 3, significance , 3. the ordinary transportation of goods by a common carrier and distinguished from express, a train designed or used for such transportation, II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to load with goods for transportation, burden , charge , to transport or ship by ~