freight charge
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffreightandcharge
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freight
noun[U]
uk/freɪt/us/freɪt/
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting ...
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charge
noun
uk/tʃɑːdʒ/us/tʃɑːrdʒ/
the amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity ...
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(Definition offreightandchargefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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With the certainty of that regular traffic, is it not possible to grant a favourablefreightchargewhich would tend to increase the traffic?
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That shows that the cost of heavy lorries cannot be measured only in terms of thefreightchargeto customers.
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In the agreement the rebate has to be given upon thefreightchargeof coal carried in owners' wagons.
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I do not know, for the moment, whether thatfreightchargeis dollar or sterling.
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Is it not the highfreightchargewhich is responsible for bread jumping up 2½ d. per loaf?
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Would anyone want to pay any more for cod or whiting or other fish because thefreightchargehas gone up?
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Children and adults proceeding to agricultural camps are encouraged to take their bicycles with them, and thefreightchargeis refunded or a free voucher is given.
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He argues that they should bear the higherfreightchargeof 30 for livestock, rather than the lower 25 for domestic pets.
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And despite originating the traffic, the lines were only credited with a portion of thefreightcharge.
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The values shown include freight charges, which are mainly paid in sterling.
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One of the freights which causes a great deal of complaint on the services is the freight charged for cars.
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It is an impracticable suggestion, that we should have an inquiry before the freight charges are increased.
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First, freight charges have risen just as steadily in spite of oil.
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First, will he publish as soon as possible details of the machinery under which the payment of freight charges can be recovered?
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Freight charges should also be looked at from this point of view, and decentralisation should really be carried out.
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It required the provision of two, or possibly, three new vessels and some reductions in freight charges.
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I think that the difficulty to which he was referring was the freight charges for the commodities produced.
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Freight charges are unquestionably heavy and enter into the price of every commodity the islanders have either to buy or sell.
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This gives greater local autonomy, including wide latitude in applying the freight charges scheme, in getting and in carrying traffic.
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The islands have been plagued by exorbitant freight charges, by too infrequent sailings and schedules arranged in a vacuum.
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