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as in cargo
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer
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as in price
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something
it's all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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Recent Examples of freight
Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The income numbers were a heavy improvement from the year-ago quarter, which saw a $442 million loss and $839 million in EBITDA, largely on the back of higher freight rates due to mass rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2025
Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Jan. 2024
Constructing an actual, reliable inventory increasingly important to do given that recent laws have not merely set up costly programs likely to slip into obscurity and non-oversight, but because those spending programs are also freighted with regulatory effect.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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The east freight overtook the sleigh a half-mile out of Darwin and there was a general spill with the feed being carried – 13 sacks – being spread across the engine.
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These flags come freighted with meaning and emotion.
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Dex gives him mouth-to-mouth to revive him and then … leaves him on the cargo ship.—
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When the Western military left, islanders created makeshift imitations of the infrastructure — control towers built from bamboo, a plane carved from wood — in the hope that this ritual would cause more cargo to arrive.—
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Its share price has risen more than 40% since the beginning of the year.—
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With home prices and interest rates both remaining stubbornly high, many potential buyers are staying renters.—
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Investigators later determined that the bomb was hidden in a cassette recorder and packed in a suitcase that was loaded on a plane from Malta to Frankfurt, Germany, with no accompanying passenger.—
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To get started, simply prepare your base in one of the pints, freeze for 24 hours, then load it into the machine and watch the magic happen.—
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During a Wednesday budget meeting, council members discussed ensuring that the additional funds would go directly to transit services and minimize the financial burden on residents.—
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Several venture capitalists investing in European tech startups also decried complex regulatory compliance burdens on their portfolio companies.—
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The price impact was muted, one study found, because retailers absorbed much of the cost through lower profit margins.—
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Housing costs in California continue to shoot upward, even as the state slowly builds its way out of a decades-long shortage.—
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Primary payload was commercial company Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander headed to the moon.—
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Resilience, which isn't carrying any NASA payloads, is ispace's second moon lander.—
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To stop these predators, a bill was introduced in March 2023 in both houses of Congress that imposed criminal penalties on individuals for directly or indirectly soliciting, contracting for, charging or receiving any unauthorized fee for the preparation of any VA claim.—
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According to information provided by Healey’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the $2 per prescription charge could generate up to $145 million in fees from pharmacies each year.—
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The first phase of the Pavilion renovation, addressing backstage infrastructure such as artist facilities and loading areas, is already underway, according to comments and photographs provided by Ravinia President and CEO Jeff Haydon.—
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Hicks Bus Line buses line up in the loading area at Lake Ripley Elementary School.—
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“Freight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freight. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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