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cargo

KAHR-goh/ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/UKKAH-goh/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/

Pluralcargos, cargoes

Verbcargos, cargoing, cargoed

3 meanings of cargo

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    Goods that a ship, plane, or truck carries from one place to another.

    Like everything packed into a moving truck: all the things being carried from one place to another.

    The plane carried medical supplies and other cargo to the island.

    Workers spent all morning moving cargo off the ship at the dock.

    Similarfreight, load, shipment, consignment

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  2. 2
    verbtransitive
    To put goods on a ship, plane, or truck for it to carry.

    The workers cargoed the truck with boxes of fruit.

    They will cargo the ship before it sails tonight.

    Similarload

    Oppositeunload

  3. 3
    noundialectalPapua New Guineauncountable
    Factory-made goods from Western countries, such as radios, tools, and canned food.

    The islanders believed their ancestors would send them cargo like radios and steel tools.

    The new religion promised that cargo (Western clothes, food, and machines) would soon come for everyone.

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish cargo, meaning "load" or "burden," from the verb cargar, "to load."