Freighter vs Charter - What's the difference?
freighter | charter |
One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
One for whom freight is transported.
A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
the temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
A deed (legal contract).
A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
* Shakespeare
Leased or hired.
As nouns the difference between freighter and charter
is that freighter is one who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship while charter is a document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.As an adjective charter is
leased or hired.As a verb charter is
to grant or establish a charter.freighter
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Noun
(en noun)charter
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Alternative forms
* chartre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.