affreight

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verb

To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

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

present singular third person affreights · participle present affreighting · participle past affreighted · past affreighted

  1. archaictransitiveTo hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.

Translations

Bulgarian фрахтувам
  • фрахтувам (frahtuvam)to hire for the transportation of freight
Portuguese fretar
  • fretarto hire for the transportation of freight
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affreight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affreight.

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