freight rate
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4.1
- noun
- /freɪt reɪt/
- Specialized
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tarifa de flete
- Before making your order, check the freight rate to see how much shipping will cost.
- set freight rates
- high freight rates
So the Universal Postage Union is a one of the offspring of the UN system that regulates freight rates around the world.
- So the Universal Postage Union is a one of the offspring of the UN system that regulates freight rates around the world.
Examples
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He also claimed damages in the lost value of one of his factories as the result of lost profits from the increased freight rates.
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As a consequence, there could conceivably be savings on freight rates in the order of 42% and a reduction of passage time by some 10 to 15 days.
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Once elected, they passed laws that controlled freight rates in the state, started the Bank of North Dakota, and the North Dakota State Mill.
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Closure of the straits could be expected to immediately raise freight rates worldwide.
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They were being squeezed into failure by the high freight rates of railroads.
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Consequently, farmers became dependent upon railroads, which resulted in higher freight rates (U.S. Congress 1916, 39-41).
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He also reported that freight rates from San Francisco to Salt Lake City were twice as expensive as rates from the East (Burton 1861, 388).
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In that case, Keogh brought antitrust claims against eight railroad companies and twelve individuals, alleging that the defendants conspired to set freight rates and eliminate competition between their various companies.
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Inland waterways were not exempt from the conservationist agenda, which promoted water transportation as being essential to holding down railroad freight rates (Hull and Hull 1967, 28-29).
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The freight rate for shipping goods overseas has increased due to rising fuel costs.
Synonyms
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3.5
The cost to send goods by ship, train, or truck
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8.4
The cost of moving goods a short distance by truck or cart
The payment for carrying goods by ship, truck, or train
A fee for moving goods by truck
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the charge for transporting goods' is directly and transparently composed from 'freight' (charge for moving goods) + 'rate' (a price or charge). This noun–noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistically regular compounding pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Freight rate comes from a simple picture: goods on a ship or truck with a price tag for each load. Since freight means the goods and rate means the price, the freight rate is the number you pay or charge 'to transport goods'.