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car⋅go

[kahr-goh]
–noun, plural -goes, -gos.
1. the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
2. load.
3. cargos, pants or shorts having several cargo pockets to hold bulky gear and small items.
–adjective
4. of or denoting a style of pants or shorts with cargo pockets.

Origin:
1640–50; < Sp: a load, n. deriv. of cargar to load < LL carricāre; see charge


1. See freight. 2. burden.
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car·go   (kär'gō)   
n.   pl. car·goes or car·gos
The freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle.

[Spanish, from cargar, to load, from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

cargo 
1657, from Sp. cargo "burden," from cargar "to load, impose taxes," from L.L. carricare "to load on a cart" (see charge). South Pacific cargo cult is from 1949.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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