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Meaning of "affreightment" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFFREIGHTMENT

From French affréter to charter a ship, from fretfreight.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFREIGHTMENT

affreightment  [əˈfreɪtmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFREIGHTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Affreightment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AFFREIGHTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

affreightment

Affreightment

Affreightment is a legal term used in shipping. A contract of affreightment is a contract between a ship-owner and another person, in which the ship-owner agrees to carry goods for the charterer in the ship, or to give the charterer the use of the whole or part of the ship's cargo-carrying space for the carriage of goods on a specified voyage or voyages or for a specified time. The charterer agrees to pay a specified price, called freight, for the carriage of the goods or the use of the ship. A ship may be let, like a house, to a person who takes possession and control of it for a specified term. The person who hires a ship in this way occupies during the specified time the position of ship-owner. The contract under which a ship is so let may be called a charter-party—but it is not, properly speaking, a contract of affreightment, and is mentioned here only to clarify the distinction between a charter-party of this kind, which is sometimes called a demise of the ship, and a charter-party that is a contract of affreightment.

Definition of affreightment in the English dictionary

The definition of affreightment in the dictionary is a contract hiring a ship to carry goods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFREIGHTMENT


abatement
əˈbeɪtmənt
batement
ˈbeɪtmənt
commitment
kəˈmɪtmənt
debatement
dɪˈbeɪtmənt
excitement
ɪkˈsaɪtmənt
fitment
ˈfɪtmənt
incitement
ɪnˈsaɪtmənt
indictment
ɪnˈdaɪtmənt
instatement
ɪnˈsteɪtmənt
invitement
ɪnˈvaɪtmənt
misstatement
ˈmɪsˈsteɪtmənt
overcommitment
ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪtmənt
overstatement
ˈəʊvəˌsteɪtmənt
precommitment
ˌpriːkəˈmɪtmənt
rebatement
rɪˈbeɪtmənt
recommitment
ˌriːkəˈmɪtmənt
reinstatement
ˌriːɪnˈsteɪtmənt
restatement
ˌriːˈsteɪtmənt
statement
ˈsteɪtmənt
understatement
ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFREIGHTMENT

afforestation
affranchise
affranchisement
affrap
affray
affrayer
affret
affricate
affrication
affricative
affright
affrightedly
affrighten
affrightful
affrightment
affront
affronted
affrontee
affrontingly
affrontive

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFREIGHTMENT

adjustment
advertisement
allotment
apartment
appointment
assortment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
department
disappointment
enactment
fire department
graphic design department
investment
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
the treatment
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of affreightment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «affreightment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFREIGHTMENT

Find out the translation of affreightment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of affreightment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «affreightment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

包运
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fletamento
570 millions of speakers

English

affreightment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

affreightment
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تأجير السفن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фрахтование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afretamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নৌ বহনের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affrètement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Afreightment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Befrachtung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

用船契約
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장기 운송
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Affreightment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàu chuyên chở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

affreightment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संपत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

affreightment
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affreightment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

frachtowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фрахтування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

navlosire
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ναυλώσεως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

affreightment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fraktkontrakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

affreightment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of affreightment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFREIGHTMENT»

The term «affreightment» is normally little used and occupies the 142.831 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFREIGHTMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «affreightment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «affreightment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about affreightment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFREIGHTMENT»

Discover the use of affreightment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to affreightment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General ...
The Presumption la Against the Demise of a Vessel, and the contract is construed as one for affreightment, unless its terms show a clear intention to the contrary, (p. 930.) VESSELS. — The Presumption In Favor of a Contract of Affreightment ...
Abraham Clark Freeman, 1907
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Admiralty Law: Rolls of Oléron, Affreightment, Marine ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, 2011
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A Treatise on Maritime Law
CONTRACT OF AFFREIGHTMENT, BY CHARTER-PARTY. <§> 171. A charter- party, (the char la-partita of the civil law,) answered originally to an indenture at common law, which has now become practically obsolete. It was formerly written on ...
Henry Flanders, 1852
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Admiralty and Maritime Law
By the end of the 19th century divergences in the regulation of sea-carriers' liability under contracts of affreightment evidenced by bills of lading had attracted attention and caused concern. The most spectacular conflict involved the question of ...
Robert Force, A. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies, 2006
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A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Short ...
See Church. Burying-Place. Church-Yard. SEAWORTHINESS. Questions frequently arise relative to the implied condition of seaworthiness, both in the contract of affreightment and of insurance. The obligation is, " that the ship shall be tight, ...
William Bell, 1838
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Treatises on Average: And Adjustments of Losses in Marine ...
Pothier explains, in the following manner, the intention of the Ordonnance in distinguishing the affreightment of a vessel concluded for the whole voyage from that by the month :u ' The payment » Trait* An for the services afforded by the ...
Willard Phillips, 1833
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Cases and Materials on the Carriage of Goods by Sea
As regards shipments on liner vessels, it furthermore evidences the contract of affreightment concluded prior to its issuing.When it is issued in respect of a shipment made under a charterparty, the bill of lading will, in general, only acquire the ...
Martin Dockray, Katherine Reece Thomas, 2004
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
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United States Admirality Law
... (b) a claim for maintenance and cure and/or wages due to employees of the shipowner; (c) due to marine pollution where a statute pre-empts limitation; (d) under contracts of affreightment where there has been impermissible deviation and ...
Gerard J. Mangone, 1997
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Ocean Transportation
The York-Antwerp rules do not take effect by legislative act but are designed to be incorporated in the contracts of affreightment. To avoid the complexities and inequities referred to, the vessel owner should incorporate into his bills of lading  ...
Carl E. McDowell, Helen M. Gibbs, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFREIGHTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term affreightment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tankers lead profit surge at Stolt-Nielsen, but ceo warns of trouble …
... and broadly similar contract of affreightment rates gave an average 2.8% increase in rates. Lower bunker costs had an $8.7m positive impact ... «Seatrade Maritime News, Jul 15»
2
Value Stock Watch: Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE:TOO)
... 2011, its shuttle tanker fleet consisted of 40 vessels (including four newbuildings) that operated under fixed-rate contracts of affreightment, ... «Enterprise Leader, Jul 15»
3
Bahri doubles VL orders
... is the exclusive provider of VLCC transport services for Saudi Aramco delivered crude oil sales under a long-term contract of affreightment. «TradeWinds, Jul 15»
4
South Korea's Daebo 'too valuable for liquidation'
Deloitte Anjin stated that among the long-term contracts of affreightment Daebo has, two are with Korea South-East Power Company, one is ... «IHS Maritime 360, Jul 15»
5
First Valemax to unload at China port for two years will discharge …
In a parallel agreement, the two counter-parties also signed a 20-year contract of affreightment (renewable for another five years) for 10 ... «Platts, Jul 15»
6
Nigeria: Stunted Indigenous Shipping Capacity Amidst Cabotage Act
This is in addition to a strong political will to get the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and oil majors to give affreightment ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jun 15»
7
Company Shares of International Shipholding Corporation Rally …
... charters or contracts of affreightment. As of March 2, 2012, the Company owned or operated 38 ocean-going vessels. The Company operates ... «News Watch International, Jun 15»
8
International Shipholding Corporation Short Interest Update
... Time Charter Contracts – International Flag, Contracts of Affreightment (COA), Rail-Ferry Service, and Other. In February 2012, the Company ... «The Daily Rover, Jun 15»
9
Saga Welco scoops COA
Norwegian open-hatch bulker company Saga Welco has concluded a major contract of affreightment (COA) to carry woodpulp for Brazil's Fibria ... «TradeWinds, Jun 15»
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Value Stock to Watch: Teekay Offshore Partners LP (NYSE:TOO)
... 2011, its shuttle tanker fleet consisted of 40 vessels (including four newbuildings) that operated under fixed-rate contracts of affreightment, ... «Enterprise Leader, Jun 15»

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