Cargo Definition

kärgō
cargoes, cargos
noun
cargoes, cargos
The load of commodities carried by a ship, airplane, truck, etc.; freight.
Webster's New World

(Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.

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Noun

Singular:
cargo
Plural:
cargoes, cargos

Origin of Cargo

  • Spanish from cargar to load from Late Latin carricāre from Latin carrus a Gallic type of wagon kers- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricare.

    From Wiktionary

Cargo Sentence Examples

  • Cargo can be transferred direct from the ship into railway trucks.

  • He tucked it and the vault into his cargo pocket.

  • He stuffed the small box of fresh chocolate into his cargo pocket.

  • In 1820 the first cargo of anthracite coal was shipped to Philadelphia.

  • In the case of the ship of a neutral power, the passport is a requisition by the government of the neutral state to suffer the vessel tc pass freely with the crew, cargo, passengers, &c., without molestation by the belligerents.

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Words Starting With

CCACAR

Words Ending With

OGORGO

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Words Starting With C and Ending With O

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With C5 Letter Words Ending With O