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noun, masculine

fret

/fʁɛt/

noun, masculine/fʁɛt/plural: frets

freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat; rental of a ship, in whole or in part; freight, cargo, payload (of a ship)

2008 March 9, Reuters, “L'ATV Jules Verne né sous une bonne étoile”, Il n'y aura plus alors que les vaisseaux Progress russes pour emmener du fret à bord de la station spatiale, et les Soyouz pour les vols habités.So there will only be the Russian Progress shuttles to take freight aboard the space station, and the Soyuz for manned flights.

Synonyms: nolis

Inherited from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht, from Old Dutch *frēht, from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti.