freight pass-through: Meaning and Definition of

freight' pass'-through

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  1. a special allowance or discounted price given a bookseller or bookstore by a publishing house for paying the freight charge on a shipment of books ordered: so called because the shipping charge is passed on to the consumer by an increase in the suggested retail price for each book. Abbr.: FPT
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