To load or lade with goods or merchandise for transportation: often used figuratively.
To hire for the transportation of goods or merchandise.
To carry or transport as freight.
Same as fraught.
noun.
The cargo, or any part of the cargo, of a ship; lading; that which is carried by water; in the United States and Canada, in general, anything carried for pay either by water or by land; the lading of a ship, canal-boat, railroad-car, wagon, etc.
noun.
The price paid for the transportation of goods or merchandise by sea; by extension, in the United States and Canada, in general, the price paid for the transportation of goods or merchandise by land or by sea.
noun.
In a more general sense, the price paid for the use of a ship, including the transportation of passengers.
noun.
Short for freight-train.