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Freight vs Freightless - What's the difference?

freight | freightless |

As a noun freight

is payment for transportation.

As a verb freight

is to transport (goods).

As an adjective freightless is

without freight.

freight

English

Noun

(-)
  • Payment for transportation.
    • The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
  • Goods or items in transport.
    • The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
  • Transport of goods.
    • They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.
  • (label) Cultural or emotional associations.
    • A wedding ring is small, but it has massive emotional freight .

    Synonyms

    * cargo * luggage

    Derived terms

    * freight car * freighter * freight yard * pay the freight

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport (goods).
  • To load with freight. Also figurative .
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * fraught

    Anagrams

    * *

    See also

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    freightless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without freight.
    • (Webster 1913)