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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Freight
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(pronounced like "weight"; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. "fraught" being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= "laden"), the lading or cargo of a ship, and the hire paid for their transport (see from the original sense of water-transport of goods the word has also come to be used for land-transit (particularly in America, by railroad), and by analogy for any load or burden.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Freight'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/freight.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Freight'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/freight.html. 1910.
