| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Freight.[Websters]
2. To be weighted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have portaged or transported. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be rented. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have transferred or shifted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be batched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have bulked, burdened or ballasted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be trucked or vaned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have hired or leased. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have ported, harboured or poised.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb freight.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (freight) | 1. Transport commercially as cargo.[Wordnet]. 2. Load with goods for transportation.[Wordnet]. 3. To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: freighting, freighted, freights, freighter, freighters, freightingly and freightedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"FREIGHTED" is a common misspelling or typo for: freighter. |
Date "FREIGHTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FREIGHTED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Loaded, as a ship or vessel.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of freight. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: freight
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Air Freight NZ | Air Freight NZ is a cargo airline based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It operates regular night freight services on behalf of the Freightways Express group of companies. Its main base is Auckland International Airport, with hubs at Christchurch International Airport and Palmerston North Airport. (references) | ||
| Cost and Freight | Cost and Freight (CFR) is a Incoterm. It means that the seller pays for transportation to the port of shipment, loading and freight. The buyer pays for the insurance and transportation of the goods from the port of destination to his factory. The passing of risk occurs when the goods pass the ship's rail at the port of shipment. (references) | ||
| Cost, Insurance and Freight | When a price is quoted CIF, it means that the price includes the cost of the goods, the freight or transport costs and also the costs of insuring the goods in transit. CIF is an international commerce term (see Incoterm). (references) | ||
| Dead freight | (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. --Abbott. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Drag freight | A drag freight is a slow, high-tonnage railroad train, often carrying commodities such as coal or ore. (references) | ||
| Freight agent | 1: A person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: An employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Freight bicycle | Freight bicycles or Freight tricycles are human powered vehicles designed and constructed specifically for transporting large loads. Vehicle designs usually include a cargo handling area consisting of an enclosed box (cabinet), a flat platform, or a wire bracket basket. These may be mounted between parallel wheels at either the front or rear of the vehicle. The frame and drivetrain must be constructed to handle loads several times that of an ordinary bicycle. Other specific design considerations include operator visibility and load suspension. (references) | ||
| Freight car | 1: (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.]. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A railway car that carries freight. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Freight derivative | A Freight derivative is a financial instrument for trading in future levels of freight rates, primarily for dry bulk carriers and tankers. Such instruments include exchange traded futures contracts and options on futures contracts, plus OTC (over-the-counter) freight forward contracts like FFAs (Forward Freight Agreements) swaps and swaptions. Cleared freight futures contracts are traded on the Oslo based exchange Imarex (International Maritime Exchange ASA), and in the past used to be traded on BIFFEX and INTEX. Freight derivatives are primarily used by shipowners and operators, oil companies, trading companies and grain houses as tools for managing freight market risk. (references) | ||
| Freight elevator | An elevator designed for carrying freight. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Freight expense | In accounting, the concept of a freight expense account can be generalized as a payment for sending out a product to a customer. It falls under the umbrella category of Expenses and is treated like other expense accounts in relation to the accounting equation. Freight expense has a normal debit balance. Increases are recorded as debits while decreases are recorded as credits. In relation to other accounts, the Freight Expense account is similar to the "Cost of Sales-Freight" account, but are two totally different entities. While the Freight Expense account is increased for payments towards outgoing goods, the Cost of Sales-Freight account is increased for payments towards incoming goods. (references) | ||
| Freight liner | A long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Freight rate | The charge for transporting something by common carrier; "the freight rate is usually cheaper". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Freight rate | A freight rate is a price at which a certain cargo/freight is delivered from one point to another. (references) | ||
| Freight Runners Express | Freight Runners Express is an airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was established in 1983 and operates scheduled and on-demand services. (references) | ||
| Freight train | 1: A railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England goods train. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A railroad train consisting of freight cars. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Freight Train Riders of America | The Freight Train Riders of America (FTRA) is an American gang of homeless men who move about in railroad cars, particularly in the northwestern United States. (references) | ||
| Harbor Freight Tools | Harbor Freight Tools is a retail company that started in 1968, primarily selling through its mail order catalog, which still exists today. The Camarillo, California-based company offers more than 7,000 varieties of tools on its web site, mail order catalog, and retail stores. Harbor Freight Tools has over 200 retail store locations nationwide. (references) | ||
| Hocotate Freight Company | The Hocotate Freight Company is a fictional interstellar transportation company in the video game Pikmin 2. The company is headquartered on the also fictional planet Hocotate. The president of the company is known only by the name The President of Hocotate Freight. (references) | ||
| Intermodal freight transport | Intermodal is a term that refers to more than one mode of transport. For example, passenger stations which provides transfers between buses and trains are described as intermodal. See: Intermodal passenger transport. This article describes intermodal as applied to the transportation of freight in a container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (rail, ocean carrier and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The advantage of using containers is that it reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damages and loss, and allows freight to be transported faster. (references) | ||
| Japan Freight Railway Company | The Japan Freight Railway or JR Freight (日本貨物鉄道 Nihon Kamotsu Tetsudō) is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railway (JR). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide. (references) | ||
| Kewdale Freight Terminal | Kewdale Freight Terminal is a large intermodal rail facility in the Perth suburb of Kewdale. (references) | ||
| Mainline Freight | Mainline Freight was a railfreight operator based in South-East England. It was formed in 1994 prior to the privatisation of British Rail. (references) | ||
| Mediterranean Air Freight | Mediterranean Air Freight is a domestic, cargo airline based in Athens in Greece. Its main base is Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, Athens and it mainly serves the Greek domestic market. (references) | ||
| Trainload Freight | Trainload Freight was the sector of British Rail responsible for trainload freight services. It was formed in 1987 and was subdivided according to the nature of the cargo. Each subsector had its own livery, all of which were based on a two-tone grey with different decals. (references) | ||
| Union Freight Railroad | The Union Freight Railroad was a freight-only railroad connecting the railroads coming into the north and south sides of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Almost its entire length was along Atlantic Avenue and Commercial Street. For most of its length, the Atlantic Avenue Elevated carried passengers above. (references) | ||
| United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association | United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association, 166 U.S. 290 (1897), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that the Sherman Act (which was an antitrust measure that prohibited anticompetitive behavior in commerce) applied to the railroad industry, even though the U.S. Congress had enacted a comprehensive regime of regulations for that injury. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: freight
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Air freight | Health | Property, other than express and passenger baggage transported by air. (references) | |
| Anticipated freight | Insurance | The freight which a ship owner expects to earn. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Balloon freight | Energy | Lightweight freight. (references) | |
| Balloon freight | Transportation | Light, bulky articles. (references) | |
| Bonded freight | Shipping | Freight moving under a bond to U. S. Customs or to the Internal Revenue Service, and to be delivered only under stated conditions. (references) | |
| BRAKE COUPLER, ROAD FREIGHT | Occupations | Performs any combination of following duties, working as member of train crew: Inspects couplings and airhoses to ensure that they are securely fastened. Inspects journal boxes to ensure that they are lubricated. Inspects handbrakes on cars to ensure that they are released before run begins. Walks on top of cars and peers down between them to inspect couplings, airhoses, and journal boxes. Sets warning signals, such as flares, flags, lanterns, or torpedoes in front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains. Climbs ladder to top of car and turns brakewheel to set car brakes or rides atop car to control its speed when it is shunted. Pulls or pushes track switch to reroute cars during breakup at way stations. Signals LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER (r.r. trans.) to start or stop train when coupling or uncoupling cars. Rides in cab of engine or cupola of caboose to observe signals from other crewmembers. Makes minor repairs to couplings, airhoses, and journal boxes. Reports to CONDUCTOR, ROAD FREIGHT (r.r. trans.) any equipment requiring major repairs. (references) | |
| Bulk Freight | Economics | Cargo not in packages or containers. (references) | |
| Chartered freight | Insurance | The money paid or payable to a ship owner for hiring the entire ship for a voyage or for a period. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| CONDUCTOR, ROAD FREIGHT | Occupations | Coordinates activities of train crew engaged in transporting freight on freight train: Reads train orders, schedules, and other written instructions received from TRAIN DISPATCHER (r.r. trans.) and discusses their contents with LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER (r.r. trans.) and train crew. Inspects couplings and airhoses to ensure that they are securely fastened. Inspects journal boxes to ensure that they are lubricated. Inspects handbrakes on cars to ensure that they are released before train begins to run. Inspects freight cars to ensure that they are securely sealed. Records number of car and corresponding seal number and compares listing with waybill to ensure accuracy of routes and destinations. Compares watch with watch of LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER (r.r. trans.) to ensure that departure time from station or terminal is in accordance with timetable schedules. Signals LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER (r.r. trans.) via radiotelephone or by waving lantern to begin train run. Talks to LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER (r.r. trans.) and traffic control center personnel via telephone during run to give or receive instructions or information concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains. Instructs workers to set warning signals in front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains. Supervises workers engaged in inspection and maintenance of cars and mechanical equipment during run to ensure that train is operating efficiently and safely. Records time of departures and arrivals at all destinations. Prepares reports at end of run to explain accidents, unscheduled stops, or delays. (references) | |
| Container Freight Charge | Economics | Charge made for the packing or unpacking of cargo from ocean freight containers. (references) | |
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