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FREIGHT RATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freight rate mean?
• FREIGHT RATE (noun)
The noun FREIGHT RATE has 1 sense:
1. the charge for transporting something by common carrier
Familiarity information: FREIGHT RATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The charge for transporting something by common carrier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
freight; freight rate; freightage
Context example:
the freight rate is usually cheaper
Hypernyms ("freight rate" is a kind of...):
charge per unit; rate (amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis)
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