freight

fret, marchandises

Marchandises transportées d’un endroit à un autre par bateau, train, camion ou avion.

En anglais simple : Goods carried from one place to another by ship, train, truck, or plane.

• The train carries freight.
• Workers loaded the freight onto the ship.
• Most of our freight travels by road.

Synonymes : cargo, goods

Expressions courantes : freight train, carry freight, air freight, freight transport

fret, frais de transport

Somme payée pour transporter des marchandises par bateau, train, camion ou avion.

En anglais simple : The money paid to move goods by ship, train, truck, or plane.

• Freight is included in the price.
• We paid more in freight than expected.
• How much is the freight on this shipment?

Synonymes : shipping cost, transport charge

Expressions courantes : pay freight, freight charges, freight rates

transporter, expédier

Envoyer des marchandises quelque part par bateau, train, camion ou avion.

En anglais simple : To send goods somewhere by ship, train, truck, or plane.

• We freight goods overseas.
• The supplies were freighted by air.
• They freighted the machines to a remote factory.

Comment l'utiliser : freight something to somewhere (They freighted the equipment to the island.)

Synonymes : ship, transport

Expressions courantes : freight something overseas, freight something out, freight by rail