affreight

[uh-freyt]

verb (used with object)

to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.

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

Related formsaf·freight·er, nounaf·freight·ment, noun

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Historical Examples

Charter-party, chrt′ėr-pr′ti, n. the common written form in which the contract of affreightment is expressed—viz.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
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British Dictionary definitions for affreightment

affreightment

noun

a contract hiring a ship to carry goods

Word Origin

C19: from French affréter to charter a ship, from fret freight

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