affreight

English

Verb

affreight (third-person singular simple present affreights, present participle affreighting, simple past and past participle affreighted)

1. (archaic, transitive) To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.

Derived terms

• affreighter
• affreightment

 

Translations

to hire for the transportation of freight

• Bulgarian: фрахтувам (frahtuvam)
• Galician: fretar (gl)
• Portuguese: fretar (pt)

References

• “affreight”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• fifth gear