dead freight

American  

noun

Commerce.

1. an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.

2. the unoccupied space of such a ship.

3. heavy or unwieldy nonperishable freight.

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Example Sentences

“Breaking Bad” made a more oblique nod in the 2012 “Dead Freight” episode, about a train heist.

From Washington Post

What Gilligan failed to mention was that Plemons’ second appearance on the show, in the 2012 episode “Dead Freight,” would feature Todd shooting a preteen boy who witnesses a heist.

From Los Angeles Times

Well, it’s apparently the same shirt that Todd was wearing when he shot the kid who witnessed him, Jesse and Walter stealing methylamine from a train in “Dead Freight.”

From Time

Two writers also lost in the drama series writing category, having been nominated for the episodes “Dead Freight” and “Say My Name.”

From Time

“Dead Freight,” through the framework of another heist story, forced him more than once to confront that moral question and to face what he’s willing to do when the innocent become obstacles.

From Time