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affreightment

affreightment noun: the act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

Noun

affreightment (plural affreightments)

  1. The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

affreightment meaning in Tamil

affreightment in Tamil

ஊர்திக்குத்தகை, கப்பலை வாடகைக்கு எடுத்தல்

Forms of affreightment

pluralaffreightments

Origin of affreightment

From affreight + -ment.

Questions about affreightment

What does affreightment mean?
Affreightment means the act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
What is affreightment in Tamil?
Affreightment in Tamil is ஊர்திக்குத்தகை, கப்பலை வாடகைக்கு எடுத்தல். See Affreightment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is affreightment?
Affreightment is a noun.
What is the plural of affreightment?
The plural of affreightment is affreightments.

Words near affreightment in the dictionary

  1. affreight
  2. affreighted
  3. affreighter
  4. affreighters
  5. affreighting
  6. affreightment
  7. affreightments
  8. affreights
  9. affresco
  10. affrescoes
  11. affrescos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: affreightment (page history and authors); affreightment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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