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FREIGHTAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates

Synonyms:

freight; freightage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("freightage" is a kind of...):

shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)

Derivation:

freight (load with goods for transportation)

freight (transport commercially as cargo)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The charge for transporting something by common carrier

Example:

the freight rate is usually cheaper

Synonyms:

freight; freight rate; freightage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("freightage" is a kind of...):

charge per unit; rate (amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis)

Derivation:

freight (load with goods for transportation)

freight (transport commercially as cargo)

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