freightage

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The ground floor of the building appears to have been divided into sections, in which space for the freightage or equipment of each of the several vessels was allotted.

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The postillions' whips cracked, the horses scrambled into a trot, and away rolled the carriage, with its precious freightage, along the quaint main street, in the moonlight, toward Paris.

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No, Tom, that precious freightage is for a more substantial craft.

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Other departments not susceptible to foreign competition on account of freightage, such as the manufacture of storage batteries and rolling stock, are also fairly prosperous.

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Before a ship sails from port with its valuable cargo of goods and its priceless freightage of life, they do what is called "boxing the compass."

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