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Cargo

//ˈkɑːɡəʊ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A village in Kingmoor parish, Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3659). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    goods carried by a large vehicle wordnet
  3. 3
    Western material goods. Papua-New-Guinea, countable, uncountable

    "The principal change was that two of the 'satans', Kilibob and Manup, were now identified by different groups as God and Jesus Christ, as cargo deities. This expressed the return to hostility towards Europeans and a reassessment of native rights to the cargo."

Verb
  1. 1
    To load with freight. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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