1 [noncount] a : goods that are carried by ships, trains, trucks, or airplanes
▪ trains that carry both passengers and freight ▪ The freight arrived by steamboat.
b : the system by which goods are carried from one place to another
▪ The order was shipped by freight. 2 [noncount] : the amount of money paid for carrying goods
▪ paid the full freight — sometimes used figuratively in U.S. English ▪ 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. 3 [count] US : freight train
▪ an eastbound freight
▪ trains that carry both passengers and freight ▪ The freight arrived by steamboat.
b : the system by which goods are carried from one place to another
▪ The order was shipped by freight.
▪ paid the full freight — sometimes used figuratively in U.S. English ▪ 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.
▪ an eastbound freight





