FREIGHTS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

freights 1 of 2

noun

plural of freight

as in cargoes

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 prices

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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freights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of freight

as in loads

to place a weight or burden on it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane

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Noun

Middle Eastern producers have ferried cargoes out of the Gulf as part of a shuttle program put in place by several countries in the region.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
How much information would Iran demand about ships’ cargoes and destinations?

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of cargoes

Noun

That’s important for Cyprus because under an existing agreement, Cypriot energy consumers would have to put up as much as 63% of the cable’s construction cost, meaning a significant jump in electricity prices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Ship traffic is unlikely to return to pre-war levels, of around 130 to 140 crossings a day, according to analysts, which could keep oil prices elevated for longer.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of prices

Verb

If a page loads its content dynamically or sits behind a login, a standard retrieval step never sees it.

— Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Turnover and the shelter’s euthanasia rates were trending down; officers’ shifts were shorter and case loads smaller.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Its Lift drone is designed to carry payloads while keeping operating costs below competing systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Using just a Pixel 9 and a Pixel 10, Project Zero was able to exploit a bug in a Dolby Audio codec to deliver payloads to the Pixel 9.

— Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of payloads

Noun

The builder earlier paused construction and marketing activities in one of the country’s most luxurious residential condominium projects as construction costs surged.

— Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Low labor costs, a large French-speaking workforce and relatively weak unions have made Morocco an attractive outsourcing destination for international companies, particularly French firms seeking to reduce costs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of costs

Verb

Unfortunately, Brebner then burdens her with an overwritten internal monologue that would make more sense if Anna’s previous career had been as a Broadway writer.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
The legal scholars watching this expect the eventual fights to turn on old questions, whether a state law unduly burdens interstate commerce, whether federal rules quietly override it.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

Definition of burdens

Noun

Aramco had resumed crude oil loadings on Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after they were halted for nearly four months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026

Definition of loadings

Noun

Filtering transfer fees by age or position is not uncommon, but combining the two and then presenting it as a record feels a bit of a stretch.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
At four-year public colleges, average net tuition and fees come to about $2,300 a year after aid.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of fees

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