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affreight

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə frāt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
af•freight  (ə frāt′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.
  • Middle Dutch
  • Latin ad- ad-) + fréter to hire a ship, derivative of fret freight, Old French
  • French affréter (respelling, respelled by influence of freight), equivalent. to a- a-5 (
  • 1840–50
af•freight′er, n. 
af•freight′ment, n. 

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