freights
Loads for transport
Freights is the plural of freight—goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or plane.
The word also covers the system or cost of such transport: Ocean freights have risen sharply this quarter.
As a verb form, freights means loads or transports: The company freights produce across the country.
Goods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
container · pallet · crate · bulk · inventory · manifest · lading · payload
Carried weight or burden
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
- onusResponsibility one bears
liability · heaviness · oppression · yoke · hardship · affliction · cargo · baggage
Taxes on imports
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- tradeExchange of commodities
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
wholesale · exchange · brokerage · commerce · transaction · logistics · distribution · warehousing
Of the sea
- seaportCoastal city with docks
- dockyardMaritime vessel construction site
- stevedoringLoading and unloading ships
- longshoremanHarbor freight worker
quay · wharfage · harbor · vessel · containerization · port · customs · tariff
shipment
Goods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
consignment · container · pallet · crate · bulk · inventory · manifest · lading · payload · tonnage
load
Carried weight or burden
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
onus · liability · heaviness · oppression · yoke · hardship · affliction · cargo · baggage · millstone
tariffs
Taxes on imports
commodities · wholesale · exchange · brokerage · commerce · transaction · logistics · distribution · warehousing · intermodal
maritime
Of the sea
- seaportCoastal city with docks
- dockyardMaritime vessel construction site
- stevedoringLoading and unloading ships
longshoreman · quay · wharfage · harbor · vessel · containerization · port · customs · tariff · bill of lading
haulage
Commercial goods transport
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- lorryBritish freight vehicle
- roadtrainMulti-trailer truck combination
articulated · haulier · overland · trailer · rig · flatbed · reefer · carrier · eighteen-wheeler · semitrailer
boxcar
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- railcarTrack-bound transport vessel
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
gondola · railway · conductor · yardmaster · siding · junction · terminal · depot · trackway · freightliner
- freight trainRail vehicle hauling cargo
- freight elevatorsVertical cargo transport systems
- freight railTrain-based cargo shipping
- freight linesCommercial cargo transport networks
- freight ratesPrices for moving goods
- freight servicesCommercial cargo transportation business
freight, freighted, freighter, freighting, freighters, freightage