Affreightment


to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.
historical examples

charter-party, chrt′ėr-pr′ti, n. the common written form in which the contract of affreightment is expressed—viz.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various

noun
a contract hiring a ship to carry goods

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