Affreightment

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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

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  • affreightment

    A contract for the letting the vessel, or a part of her for freight. (See contract of affreightment....

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  • contract of affreightment

    The agreement for the letting to freight the whole or any part of a vessel for one or more voyages; ...

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