freight rates
1freight rates — / freɪt reɪts/ plural noun charges for transporting goods …
2Freight payment service — Freight Payment ServiceThe freight payment industry was actually formed by a series of Banks when the transportation marketplace was heavily regulated. Motor carrier bills had to be paid within 7 days and rail bills needed to be paid within 5… …
3Freight derivative — Freight derivatives, which includes Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) and options based on these, are financial instruments for trading in future levels of freight rates, for dry bulk carriers and tankers. These instruments are settled against… …
4Freight Derivatives — A financial instrument s value that is derived on the future levels of freight rates, such as dry bulk carrying rates and oil tanker rates. Freight derivatives are used most often by end users (such as ship owners and grain houses) and by… …
5freight — A transportation term meaning either goods being transported, and/or charges incurred for such transport. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. freight freight 1 [freɪt] noun [uncountable] 1. TRANSPORT goods carried in large quantities by… …
6freight — 01. We had to pay more in [freight] to have our books delivered than the cost of the books themselves. 02. In 1914, a British passenger ship collided with a Norwegian [freighter] in the St. Lawrence River, killing over 1,000 people. 03. In a… …
7Freight Transport Association — FTA Freight Transport AssociationThe Freight Transport Association (FTA) traces its roots back to 1889. FTA s mission is to represent the views and interests of over 13,000 companies from large multinationals and household names to small and… …
8Freight rate — A freight rate is a price at which a certain cargo/freight is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport (truck, ship, aircraft), the weight of the cargo, and the distance to the… …
9freight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cargo, load, shipment; burden. See transportation, gravity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rail, railway, railroad, shipping, delivery, transportation, carrying, handling, moving, storage, express,… …
10bulk freight — ➔ freight1 * * * bulk freight UK US noun [U] TRANSPORT ► BULK CARGO(Cf. ↑bulk cargo) ► the cost of transporting large quantities of goods by ship, train, truck, or plane: » …
