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Meaning of dead freight | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Ausfallfracht Fautfracht Fehlfracht
Français faux fret
Svenska dödfrakt

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dead furrow dead giveaway dead ground Dead Hand dead hang Dead head

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