cargo

The definition of cargo means items that are carried in a ship, train, truck, plane, etc.

(noun)

An example of cargo is a combination of plumbing parts carried to its destination on a plane.

See cargo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. cargoes or cargos

the load of commodities carried by a ship, airplane, truck, etc.; freight

Origin: Sp, burden < cargar, to load, impose taxes < VL carricare: see charge

See cargo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. car·goes or car·gos

The freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish

Origin: , from cargar, to load

Origin: , from Late Latin carricāre

Origin: , from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots

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