▸ noun: (uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation. ▸ noun: (uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage. ▸ noun: (countable) Payment for transportation. ▸ noun: (figuratively) ▸ noun: (countable) A burden, a load. ▸ noun: (specifically, uncountable) Cultural or emotional associations. ▸ verb: (transitive) ▸ verb: To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers. ▸ verb: To transport (goods). ▸ verb: (by extension) To load or store (goods, etc.). ▸ verb: (figuratively) To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load. ▸ verb: (intransitive, US, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo. ▸ adjective: (obsolete) Freighted; laden. ▸ noun: (countable, originally US, rail transport) Short for freight train. [A railway train used for the transportation of freight (goods).]
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