Dĕad'-freight, n.
(-frāt), n. (Mar. Law.) A sum of money paid by a person who engages to freight a whole vessel, but fails to make out a full cargo, for the space left unoccupied, or the deficiency of the cargo.
(-frāt), n. (Mar. Law.) A sum of money paid by a person who engages to freight a whole vessel, but fails to make out a full cargo, for the space left unoccupied, or the deficiency of the cargo.