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1freight Listen to audio/ˈfreɪt/ noun
plural freights
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 freightsometimes 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

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