Afrete

/ə.ˈfrit/ noun

The cost of chartering a ship; the price paid for transporting cargo by sea (archaic nautical term).

From Old French 'frete,' related to 'freter' (to freight). This variant competed with 'freight' and 'freightage' as a term for shipping costs but fell out of use as maritime English standardized.

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