affreightment

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affreightment - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Affreightment \Af*freight"ment\, n. [Cf. F. affr['e]tement.]
     The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel,
     or some part of it, to convey cargo.
     [1913 Webster]

affreightment - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  AFFREIGHTMENT, Com. law. The contract by which a vessel or the use of it, is
  let out to hire. See Freight; General ship.