freight

Definition

  • noun: goods that are carried by ships, trains, trucks, or airplanes
  • noun: the compensation paid for the transportation of goods
  • verb: to send (goods) from one place to another
  • verb: to load with goods for transportation
  • sometimes used figuratively in U.S. English
  • synonyms: lading, load, luggage

Examples

  • an essay 'freighted' with complex arguments [=an essay that has too many complex arguments]

  • parents struggling to 'pay the freight' [=to pay] for their children's college education

  • He warns that taxpayers will end up 'paying the freight' for the new stadium.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) All right, take it easy. How do we get Beale out of here? l understand there are reporters and camera crews in the lobby. We've got a limo at the freight exit. Howard, you'll spend the night at my place. There'll be press around yours. l want Snowden here by noon... have Lester (..)
    1976 Network