FREIGHTS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

freights 1 of 2

noun

plural of freight

as in cargoes

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer

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as in prices

the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something it's all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?

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freights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of freight

as in loads

to place a weight or burden on it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane

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Noun

The war in the Middle East has made cargoes more scarce and, in turn, more expensive, raising the prospects of another energy crunch.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
And that’s only counting crude oil, not liquefied natural gas, petrochemicals, or other cargoes that rely on the strait.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Because growing the rice itself is not profitable, even with historic high prices for Japanese rice, the company supports the agricultural costs through side ventures including a restaurant and an ice cream brand launched this summer.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
And even if the goals are truly equal in the administration’s mind, including oil and gas prices at all — and not other items — is a notable shift.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

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Verb

If a page loads its content dynamically or sits behind a login, a standard retrieval step never sees it.

— Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Turnover and the shelter’s euthanasia rates were trending down; officers’ shifts were shorter and case loads smaller.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Today, according to publicly available data, launch costs in Europe are now three times higher than for comparable payloads in the United States.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
It will be used to integrate Department of Defense payloads for not just Blue Origin, but other launch providers with national security missions.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Oil prices and government borrowing costs climbed higher on Tuesday as traders’ hopes of a swift resolution to the US-Iran conflict fade.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
For any brand looking to steady its input costs and protect its production lines from geopolitical shocks, the case is straightforward.

— Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of costs

Verb

Unfortunately, Brebner then burdens her with an overwritten internal monologue that would make more sense if Anna’s previous career had been as a Broadway writer.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
The legal scholars watching this expect the eventual fights to turn on old questions, whether a state law unduly burdens interstate commerce, whether federal rules quietly override it.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

Definition of burdens

Noun

In a report Monday, Windward said Kharg’s western terminal had seen no loadings for 22 consecutive days, the liquid petroleum gas terminal for 13 days and the eastern terminal for 10 days.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026

Definition of loadings

Noun

Filtering transfer fees by age or position is not uncommon, but combining the two and then presenting it as a record feels a bit of a stretch.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
At four-year public colleges, average net tuition and fees come to about $2,300 a year after aid.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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