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Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.

Strutted :: Struse (n.) A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..

Freighting :: Freighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freigh.

Freight :: Freight (a.) Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car..

Ship :: Ship (v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad..

Primage :: Primage (n.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain..

Fraught :: Fraught (n.) To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.

Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.

Fraughtage :: Fraughtage (n.) Freight; loading; cargo.

Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship..

Flatboat :: Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters..

Fraught :: Fraught (n.) A freight; a cargo.

Local :: Local (n.) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.

Freight :: Freight (n.) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.

Average :: Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

Depot :: Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.

Freightless :: Freightless (a.) Destitute of freight.

Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..

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