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cargo.

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/General-American
  1. Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

    countable · uncountable
    The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.
  2. Western material goods.

    Papua-New-Guinea · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Displaced native Old English fearm.

verb/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/General-American
  1. To load with freight.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Displaced native Old English fearm.

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