"affreight" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: affreights [present, singular, third-person], affreighting [participle, present], affreighted [participle, past], affreighted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} affreight (third-person singular simple present affreights, present participle affreighting, simple past and past participle affreighted)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight. Tags: archaic, transitive Derived forms: affreighter, affreightment Translations (to hire for the transportation of freight): фрахтувам (frahtuvam) (Bulgarian), fretar (Galician), fretar (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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