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affreightment

British  
/ əˈfreɪtmənt /

noun

  1. a contract hiring a ship to carry goods

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of affreightment

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

Example Sentences

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I said, upon the business of the apportioning the affreightment of the Saracen's Head.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

Charter-party, ch�rt′ėr-p�r′ti, n. the common written form in which the contract of affreightment is expressed—viz. the hiring of the whole or part of a ship for the conveyance of goods.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The most important example of illegality in the case of contracts of affreightment is when the contract involves trading with an enemy.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

It must not be supposed that even these primary obligations, which are introduced into every contract of affreightment not by express terms of the contract.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The law with regard to the contract of affreightment is, of course, a branch of the general law of contract.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg