noun
cargo
KAH-goh
noun
1
Goods carried by a ship, plane, or truck.
"The ship's cargo included grain and machinery parts."
"Customs officers inspected the cargo before it left the port."
How to Use Cargo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFreight being transported by ship, plane, or vehicle.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
cargo ship
cargo hold
a shipment of cargo
Word Forms
cargoed past tense, cargos plural, cargoes plural, Cargos plural, cargos singular
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Etymology
From Spanish cargo ("load"), from cargar ("to load"), from Late Latin carricāre — a doublet of the English word "charge."