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affreight

American  
[uh-freyt] / əˈfreɪt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.

Other Word Forms

  • affreighter noun
  • affreightment noun

Etymology

Origin of affreight

1840–50; < French affréter (respelling by influence of freight ), equivalent to a- a- 5 (< Latin ad- ad- ) + fréter to hire a ship, derivative of fret freight, Old French < Middle Dutch

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