freight

IPA: frˈeɪt

(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.
(uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
(countable) Payment for transportation.
(figuratively)
(countable) A burden, a load.
(specifically, uncountable) Cultural or emotional associations.
(countable, originally US, rail transport) Short for freight train. [A train used for the transportation of freight.]

(transitive)
To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
To transport (goods).
(by extension) To load or store (goods, etc.).
(figuratively) To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
(intransitive, US, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.

Examples of "freight" in Sentences

The economy is like a friggin freight train on a downgrade ....
Guess the freight is less than the costs of taxes and regulations.
Not like Jack London, either, who was in Vera Cruz looking as if he'd hopped a freight from the Klondike.
I guess we got a celebration comin ', seein' as we're going to pull up stakes an 'pull our freight from the old burg.
So I think freight will clearly -- the incremental cost in freight will go up, but we've done some things to actually take what we call freight miles, if you will, out of our system.
For the inaugural show, it is lined with Mr. Kuitca's "Le Sacre," 54 mattresses painted with random maps, an unintentional reference, perhaps, to the padding found in freight elevators.
We believe that our high charter coverage for the next two years should result in high vessel utilization while minimizing the effects of short term freight rate volatility on our cash flows.
The first half of January saw a tidal wave of shippers closing retail stores and factories, curbing current output and capital spending – measures that can only mean more declines in freight demand.
Obviously an electrification of STRACNET and elimination of bottlenecks where bulk freight is interfering with container freight will capture the bulk of the very long truck hauls … what the 110mph system permits is capture of more medium distance business.