Freight in United States

Freight Definition

The amount due a carrier for the transportation of goods or live stock. Angell, Carr. i 391. Sometimes applied in a loose sense to the goods carried. In Maritime Law. The sum agreed on for the hire of a ship, entirely or in part, for the carriage of goods from one port to another. 13 East, 300. All rewards or compensation paid for the use of ships. 1 Pet. Adm. 206; 2 Boul. P. Dr. Com. tit. 8, § 1; 2 Bos. & P. 321; 4 Dall. (Pa.) 459; 2 Johns.
(N. Y.) 346; 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 335; 3 Pardessus, note 705. ‘

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The amount due a carrier for the transportation of goods or live stock. Angell, Carr. i 391. Sometimes applied in a loose sense to the goods carried. In Maritime Law. The sum agreed on for the hire of a ship, entirely or in part, for the carriage of goods from one port to another. 13 East, 300. All rewards or compensation paid for the use of ships. 1 Pet. Adm. 206; 2 Boul. P. Dr. Com. tit. 8, § 1; 2 Bos. & P. 321; 4 Dall. (Pa.) 459; 2 Johns.
(N. Y.) 346; 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 335; 3 Pardessus, note 705. ‘

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In admiralty (in U.S. law) law, the money paid to a ship-owner for transporting goods; the term is sometimes used by laymen to refer to the goods themselves. Dead freight is the amount paid by a shipper or charterer for that part of the vessel’s capacity he or she has reserved but fails to occupy.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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Concept of Freight in Foreign Trade

A definition of Freight in relation with foreign trade is provided here: A term for cargo or the cost of shipping.

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