Freight (frt), a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to
do with freight; as, a freight car.
Freight agent, a person employed by a transportation company to
receive, forward, or deliver goods. -- Freight car. See under Car. --
Freight train, a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in
England goods train.
Freight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting.]
[Cf. F. freter.] 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.
Freight"age (-j; 48), n. 1. Charge for transportation; expense of
carriage.