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cargo

[ kahr-goh ]

noun

, plural car·goes, car·gos.
  1. the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
  2. Synonyms: burden

  3. cargos, pants or shorts having several cargo pockets to hold bulky gear and small items.


adjective

  1. of or denoting a style of pants or shorts with cargo pockets.

cargo

/ ˈkɑːɡəʊ /

noun

    1. goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; freight
    2. ( as modifier )

      a cargo vessel

  1. any load

    the train pulled in with its cargo of new arrivals



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Word History and Origins

Origin of cargo1

1640–50; from Spanish: “a load,” noun derivative of cargar “to load,” from Late Latin carricāre; charge

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cargo1

C17: from Spanish: from cargar to load, from Late Latin carricāre to load a vehicle, from carrus car

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Synonym Study

See freight.

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Example Sentences

Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.

Shirtless bros with pillowy lips and cargo pants pulled down to expose tufts of pubic hair.

The precious cargo: two American humanitarian workers with Ebola.

Designed for “special missions,” the privately owned company is capable of transporting precious cargo anywhere in the world.

Over time, the clientele began to shift and their cargo needs evolved.

A few days after, three galliots arrived from Macan, laden with a rich cargo of silks and other merchandise.

It is said that, this year as in others, he has made a great cargo by the schemes and methods mentioned in the duplicates.

He says the German submarine made a most lovely shot at her through a crowd of cargo ships and transports.

I am very sorry that I did not embark with the first cargo, which would have made a million difference to the company.

My object was to dispose of a cargo of cotton which I had brought from Realejo, and to purchase sugar in return.

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