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cargo

[kahr-goh]

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noun, plural -goes, -gos.

the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.

load.

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

adjective

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

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1640–50; < Spanish: a load, noun derivative of cargar to load < Late Latin carricāre; see charge

Synonyms
1. See freight. 2. burden.

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There's more than a little touch of cargo cult and ghost dance dreaming here.

Some of the world's leading airlines are under investigation for alleged price-fixing by their cargo divisions.

Large boats have tanks in their hulls that are filled with seawater to counterbalance cargo weight.

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There's more than a little touch of cargo cult and ghost dance dreaming here.

Some of the world's leading airlines are under investigation for alleged price-fixing by their cargo divisions.

Large boats have tanks in their hulls that are filled with seawater to counterbalance cargo weight.

Accusations fly over criminal dumping and scuttling of cargo ships carrying industrial and radioactive waste.

Those bath toys and sneakers have come from container ships that lost their cargo.

You'll see a cargo magnolia, which provides sweet scents in spring.

If you haven't heard of cargo cult, let me summarize super quick.

Others say that his cargo business thrived during anarchic wars of plunder that have, thankfully, subsided.

Faaite gets visited once a month by cargo boat-so this is a big deal.

They're big and rugged, and can carry lots of cargo.

So he insisted that it be easily convertible to a cargo plane.

Though the book is too big for a pants pocket-well, it might fit into cargo pockets-it's obviously made for field use.

On the other hand, a box van or cargo van parked in front of a big store draws no attention.

The bombs discovered in the holds of two cargo planes earlier this week validate the first of these worries.

It must have sunk to the bottom of the ocean with its precious cargo.

In a two-pronged attack, these viruses specifically target tumor cells while delivering a cargo of immune-boosting genes.

Freeing a beached vessel usually involved the laborious unloading of cargo until the boat rode high enough to clear the snag.

When storms drove ships into the rocks there, the village economy benefited greatly from salvaged cargo.

There is nothing wrong with heavy lift ships at all, as long as you are only shipping your cargo from coast to coast.

Today a group of entrepreneurs are salvaging the ship's cargo and cash, as well as bits of its history.

Corrosion of the ballast tanks of cargo vessels represents a significant cost to the shipping industry.

Navies are also starting to deploy seamen on merchant ships, something hitherto rare unless the cargo was military.

Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and distribution.

As it walks, kinesin drags a vesicle or other cargo from one part of a cell to another.

Her cargo of containers of ammonium nitrate fertiliser rolled overboard, puncturing the ship and releasing oil.

However, ways in which a cell might extrude a nanotube, open the membrane of another cell and insert its cargo were unclear.

The upshot is that contraband is often smuggled in cargo and one day a bomb may be, too.

They are planned for use by piloted spacecraft and for transport of heavy cargo.

It also brought leaps in air-traffic control and cargo handling.

But it is not a giant leap to move from carrying cargo to carrying crew.

Yet the real point of modernising the railways is cargo.

They normally unload their cargo onto fast power boats for the final leg to shore.

Pataki unveiled a plan today to transport thousands of cargo containers.

If it isn't denim and/or it doesn't have cargo pockets, no doubt it is tree-colored”.

Aeroplane cargo faces even tighter restrictions on shape and size, not to mention the need for runways.

Delving further into the secrets to be found among the ship's cargo will add to both challenge and recovery time.

In the carless village, donkeys still serve as cargo trucks, sunshine and roosters are the only alarm clocks.

Just to the right and center of the paddle wheels, zoom in for a look at a cargo of bottles.

Interceptor, reconnaissance and cargo types are all being studied.

She's been a voice of authority on cargo loaders, hypersleep, and xenomorph.

Low-end pirates may not be interested in the cargo being transported.

Energy consumption is directly related to vehicle and cargo weight.

At the top of the cargo tanks, the vapor space between the oil's surface and the underside of the deck traps highly acidic gases.

Officials said in a company statement that they had found only cargo from a shipwreck, not the actual vessel.

Too bad the flyboys don't operate cargo planes that can.

The only trade-off would be limited cargo space which isn't an issue for commuters.

Imagine further that you ride straight into the cargo elevator and clank your way slowly up to the office, sitting.

Agents find a secret stash of marijuana hidden behind cargo in a tractor trailer.

These days flying cargo is a big part of the jumbo jet market.

We climbed a ladder into the vast cargo bay of one of the planes.

As a rule any cargo in a warship belongs to its original country.

If you have really young children, a stroller or wagon might offer enough cargo capacity to free you up from being the pack mule.

The rivers carry with them a cargo of nutrients, in particular nitrogen, from farms in the watershed.

Miglietta suspects the jellyfish are hitching rides inside long-distance cargo ships.

The added weight of the stealth technology meant cargo was calculated to the ounce, with weather factored in.

The goal is to extract the highest possible cash ransom and return the ship, its cargo and its crew in decent condition.

Ships carry water in their tanks and cargo holds for stabilization at sea.

Railways had to offer reasonable rates and conditions on any cargo.

But more organized pirates will hijack freighters, off-load the cargo to sell later, and put the crew out to sea.

The city also accepted its share of incoming human cargo.

Basically, the shuttle is a spacefaring cargo ship that can be used over and over again.

Typhoons and other forms of extreme weather are scaring away tourists and giving large cargo ships reasons to seek other ports.

Let's hope this latest lost cargo buoys our knowledge base as well.

Today the world is knit together with cargo ships and jetliners, advertising campaigns and television reruns.

Imagine no cargo ships, no trains, and no semi-trucks.

More screening should take place at origins instead of waiting for cargo to arrive at destinations.

There is also new money to encourage commercial crew and cargo services to the space station.

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World English Dictionary

cargo (ˈkɑːɡəʊ)

—n , pl -goes, -gos
1.	a. goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; freight
	b. (as modifier): a cargo vessel
2.	any load: the train pulled in with its cargo of new arrivals

[C17: from Spanish: from cargar to load, from Late Latin carricāre to load a vehicle, from carruscar]

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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.

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