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as in cargo
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer
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as in price
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something
it's all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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Recent Examples of freight
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
The new center is also a short distance from the DHL international air freight hub, enabling speedier processing of incoming merchandise, outgoing orders and returns.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
But the short jaunt, which also stopped in San Francisco and Los Angeles, was freighted with extra importance — less of a tour, more of a mission of renewal.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024
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The rush of cargo into the U.S. has kept driving up ocean spot freight rates out of China.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
The new center is also a short distance from the DHL international air freight hub, enabling speedier processing of incoming merchandise, outgoing orders and returns.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
Even the boring parts—watching people kill time, waiting around to play or for inspiration to strike—seem freighted with possibility.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
But the short jaunt, which also stopped in San Francisco and Los Angeles, was freighted with extra importance — less of a tour, more of a mission of renewal.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024
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SpaceX’s Falcon rockets propelled cargo to orbit 133 times in 2024, with one failure, the vast majority of the 145 launches attempted in the U.S. last year and more than half of the 263 worldwide, according to space activity tracker Jonathan McDowell.Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Port of Long Beach media relations manager Lee Peterson confirmed that the port’s terminals, main road and rail conduits for cargo are all not impacted by the fires.Booth Moore, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
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And the city of Himeji is thinking of raising prices to its castle for foreign visitors, Bloomberg reported.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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The bank upgraded the commercial real estate services stock to overweight from equal weight and raised its price target to $160 per share from $115.Brian Evans, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
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The pyrotechnics team loads enough fireworks to celebrate five or six touchdowns per game, said Vaill.Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
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Already, around 890 unique tankers loaded Russian oil — comprising both crude and oil products — in the past six months, analytics firm Vortexa told CNBC on Jan. 7, with 107 of these ships — or 12% of the total — being subject to vessel-specific sanctions at the time.Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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For instance, an employee struggling with the financial burden of childcare costs can utilize LSA funds to cover these expenses.Alex Shubat, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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On January 14, two bills advanced in the Labor Committee that might well be the spark that ignites widespread labor unrest, even as the push imposes heavier burdens on our state’s consumers and taxpayers.Frank Ricci, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
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The cost of economic empowerment differs significantly from country to country.Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Russia made significant advances in several parts of the frontline through the end of 2024, but the territorial gains are coming at an increasingly painful cost.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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And in a first, the Starship on Monday will attempt a Starlink payload deployment test – a key capability for the vehicle in the future.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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But according to Blue Origin, a larger nose cone gives New Glenn twice the cargo volume of Falcon 9, and its powerful engines are designed to propel double the payload mass.Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Data companies must also demonstrate financial viability and fork out exit fees if projects are canceled or downsized.Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The expenses include a service agreement cost of $108,000, professional fees of $26,292, OTC Market fees of $11,700, and other general expenses of $6,478.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
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Dave has been amazing transporting all our bags and boxes, loading and unloading.Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
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Cleanup crews must do most of the work by hand, sorting, labeling and loading materials into the trucks.Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Freight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freight. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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