DEAD FREIGHT


Meaning of DEAD FREIGHT in English

Com.

1. an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.

2. the unoccupied space of such a ship.

3. heavy or unwieldy nonperishable freight.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .