[syn: freight, freightage]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Freightage \Freight"age\ (fr[=a]t"[asl]j; 48), n.
1. The charge for transportation; the expense of carriage.
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2. The transportation of freight.
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3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
freightage
n 1: the charge for transporting something by common carrier;
"we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
[syn: freight, freightage, freight rate]
2: transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express
rates [syn: freight, freightage]