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Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..

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

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

Affreighter :: Affreighter (n.) One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

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

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..

Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object..

Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..

Moses :: Moses (n.) A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship..

Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.

Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A freight car.

Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.

Laden :: Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart..

Freight :: Freight (n.) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.

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

Affreightment :: Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo..

Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

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

Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..

Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise..

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