freight forwarder
noun
a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.
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Also called forwarder, forwarding agent.
Origin of freight forwarder
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby freight forwarder
freightage, freight agent, freight car, freight engine, freighter, freight forwarder, freighthopping, freight house, freightliner, freight pass-through, freight ton
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