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affreight

[ uh-freyt ]

verb (used with object)

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


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Other Words From

  • af·freighter noun
  • af·freightment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of affreight1

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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