"affreightment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: affreightments [plural]
Etymology: From affreight + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|affreight|ment}} affreight + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} affreightment (plural affreightments)
  1. (nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (hire a vessel for cargo): фрахтуване (frahtuvane) (Bulgarian), 租船運貨 /租船运货 (zūchuán yùnhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), nájem lodi [masculine] (Czech), rahtaus (Finnish), affrètement [masculine] (French), Befrachtung [feminine] (German), Chartern [neuter] (German), noleggio [masculine] (Italian), 用船契約 (yōsenkeiyaku) (Japanese), afretamento [masculine] (Portuguese), фрахтова́ние (fraxtovánije) [neuter] (Russian), fletamento [masculine] (Spanish), flete (english: hiring of a cargo vehicle) [masculine] (Spanish), befraktningsavtal (Swedish)

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